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  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Patisserie,  Spring

    The Quest for Belgian Chocolate…

    April 11, 2017 /

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    Snorkeling

    August 24, 2014

    In-Eye

    February 2, 2014

    Shoes’ Meeting in Corso Vittorio

    March 12, 2014
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People

    Belgian Chocolate – Godiva

    November 20, 2015 /

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    Has street-photography a limit?

    December 19, 2012

    Conversation

    November 27, 2013

    The Spectators

    August 19, 2017
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015 /

    Photographing in a place like this Neuhaus boutique is always an exercise in restraint. The scene is a sensory overload: gold, red, pastel blues, mirrored surfaces, and the intricate geometry of countless chocolate boxes. It’s easy for the camera to drown in the details, and the trick is to find an anchor point—the human presence that gives context and focus. Here, that anchor is the shop assistant, absorbed in her task, the bend of her head drawing the viewer into the very centre of the composition. The overhead golden arc with the reversed “1970” is not accidental—it creates a frame within the frame, hinting at the brand’s heritage while subtly…

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    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013

    An experiment with Dall-E, ChatGPT and a Nissan S8

    November 4, 2023

    Whithin The Cage

    October 22, 2014
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People

    Sweet Dilemma

    November 4, 2015 /

    I took this photograph in one of those shops that could easily bankrupt anyone with a sweet tooth. The window was a theatre stage, and the protagonists were mountains of meringues, chocolates, and sugared confections, all arranged with military precision. The display was so perfectly composed it demanded to be photographed — though translating that abundance into a frame without losing the sense of order was a challenge in itself. I shot head-on, centring the display so the symmetry would hold the composition together. The large glass bowls act as visual anchors, while the pyramid of packaged goods in the middle draws the eye inward. Behind, two figures — the…

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    A Winter Outdoor Chat

    December 17, 2013

    The Jewels Sale

    November 18, 2015

    The Three Musketeers

    October 16, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  Winter

    Belgian Macarons

    November 2, 2015 /

    In Brussels, indulgence is not hidden—it’s celebrated, displayed like a jewel in a shop window. Here, two towering martini glasses overflow with macarons, their shells in perfect rows of pastel and jewel tones. Pistachio green, raspberry pink, lemon yellow, cocoa brown—each one a promise of texture and flavour, crisp edges giving way to soft, rich fillings. The composition draws the eye first to the abundance in the foreground, then to the warm wooden shelves receding into the shop’s interior. A figure in a red apron moves in the background, blurred but purposeful, the quiet curator of this edible gallery. The lighting is golden, not harsh, bathing the scene in the…

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    Too Busy to Enjoy the Life…

    April 12, 2014

    Blob

    January 4, 2014

    A Couch in the Yard

    November 18, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People

    Buying Chocolate

    October 31, 2015 /

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    Off-Duty Eurocrats in Bruxelles

    March 28, 2014

    Antonio Onorato

    August 20, 2016

    Slow Walk at Mulberry St.

    January 16, 2014
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie

    Macarons. Again

    October 23, 2015 /

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    On Film Simulation or ‘is fiction more real than reality, and why should we care?’

    July 19, 2025

    Alessandro Valle – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    August 11, 2022

    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    The Man Behind The Croissant

    December 13, 2014 /

    It’s not just a title. It’s a layered truth. He’s literally behind the croissants — arms folded, resting gently on the chilled glass counter, smiling with the quiet confidence of someone who knows exactly what he’s made. But he’s also the one behind them in the deeper sense: the early riser, the flour-dusted craftsman, the keeper of recipes that live more in muscle memory than in ink. The Man Behind the Croissant is a portrait of work and warmth. Of a man whose day starts long before anyone steps into the shop. Who rolls, folds, rests, fills, bakes — not as performance, but as rhythm. There’s no spectacle here. Just trays of pastry…

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    Hands of a Steward

    November 22, 2019

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014

    So What?

    December 7, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Patisserie,  People

    Breakfast at Rue Brisemiche

    March 25, 2014 /

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    Milan

    March 19, 2015

    When Venus Meets the Moon

    October 2, 2023

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People

    The Taste Master

    March 2, 2014 /

    Through the glass, the words float like ingredients in the air—sugar, chocolate, honey, milk—layered over the figure in the white chef’s hat. He stands in the narrow frame of the kitchen window, hands mid-motion as he pulls on a pair of blue gloves. The gesture is deliberate, unhurried, the quiet preparation before work begins. Behind him, the corkboard pins up the rhythm of the week—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday—handwritten notes, printed orders, the mundane scaffolding behind the alchemy. But the chef himself is framed as something more than a worker; he is the “taste master,” the one who turns lists into flavours, recipes into experiences. The typography on the glass becomes part…

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    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016

    Avid Readers

    August 17, 2013

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  Winter

    What an Elegant Chocolatier!

    January 6, 2014 /

    Brussels wears its chocolate heritage like a badge of honour, and this image captures that sense of refinement and indulgence with a quietly cinematic touch. The composition is cleverly split between the interior glow of the shop and the poised figure outside. The chocolatier, dressed in an understated but impeccably tailored suit, stands just beyond the threshold, his profile framed by the shop’s edge. The counterpoint to his form is the rich, inviting display of chocolates, boxes, and ribboned confections bathed in warm light inside. This juxtaposition — cool tones on the left, warm tones on the right — creates both visual and thematic tension: the disciplined elegance of the…

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    Gliding Away

    December 21, 2021

    Sergey Krylov live@Teatro Marrucino

    February 21, 2022

    The missing guest

    April 19, 2013

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