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  • Boston,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Coffee at Caffè Nero

    July 16, 2023 /

    On the technical side, this photo was a test of the X-T5 capability to handle scenes with both strong highlights and shadows without increasing the standard dynamic range. As per the quality, despite the similarity of the name, definitely no, it has nothing ado with the ‘Nero’ one can taste in Trieste which —unbeknownst to many — is the Italian capital of coffee.

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    Max Casacci – Live@Circolo Aternino, Pescara

    January 4, 2018

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016

    Protected: Prova Aurum

    April 25, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019 /

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    Just Another Piccadilly Circus’ View

    September 20, 2016

    An Intense Conversation

    October 9, 2013

    Blowin in the Wind

    February 8, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Seasons,  Summer

    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019 /

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    Pixelmator Pro Debanding and Electronic Shutter

    December 24, 2022

    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017

    Moonshot with a handheld Fuji XF150-600 and a Fuji X-T3

    April 24, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Tokyo

    StreetPizza@Ueno Park

    August 4, 2018 /

    I took this photograph during a humid summer afternoon in Ueno Park, Tokyo, a few metres away from the art museums and temples that draw both locals and tourists. Amid the buzz of the park’s cultural gravity, I was drawn instead to this fleeting vignette of street food preparation—quiet, unassuming, yet visually dense. What first caught my eye was the can of tomato pulp, “A Pummarola ‘Ncopp,” planted squarely in the middle of the frame like an improvised totem. Its bold Neapolitan red, combined with the colloquial script and graphic of tomatoes, adds a deliberate contrast to the surrounding functional, almost makeshift textures. Everything else in the composition plays a…

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    Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Solo (feat. Michele Di Toro) – Live@Florian Espace Pescara

    March 8, 2016

    Don’t Forget!

    March 27, 2013

    Walking at Night, in Milan

    September 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Pizza Maker@Ueno’s Park

    June 6, 2018 /

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    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014

    Galaxy S21 Ultra 5g. The difference between Marketing and Reality in Image Quality

    January 24, 2021

    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018 /

    There’s a particular silence in cafés just before ordering. That moment when the cold air from outside still clings to your coat, and all attention narrows to laminated options and the quiet negotiations of hunger. This was taken on a grey afternoon in Brussels. A couple sits across from each other, each reading their own menu as if studying for an exam. No phones. No talking. Just decisions to be made: sweet or savoury, warm or cold, this or that. It’s a familiar ritual, yet rarely observed this closely. What drew me in wasn’t the scene’s drama—there was none—but its quietness. The soft concentration on their faces, the gentle lean…

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    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016

    The Shooter’s Dilemma

    July 12, 2014

    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Venice

    Damned Pidgeons…

    October 8, 2017 /

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    At the theater, between two scenes

    June 15, 2015

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016

    The Wild Bunch

    October 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Venice

    The Aperitif

    October 5, 2017 /

    This image was taken quickly, just as I passed the window. What struck me wasn’t the act of drinking — which is unremarkable in itself — but the multiple surfaces at play. A woman in profile, lifting her glass; a man absorbed in his phone; reflections of pedestrians I didn’t see until after the shutter clicked. And then the writing — bold, cartoonish, childish even — floating across the image like subtitles with no film. I shot through the glass deliberately, without trying to erase myself or the distractions. The transparency becomes part of the narrative. The drawing on the window, playful and crude, contrasts with the subdued tones inside:…

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    Bulbs

    January 12, 2015

    Paths of Life

    January 20, 2013

    A Little Of Thailand In Rome

    August 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Seats

    September 11, 2017 /

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    Is AI-generated art actually killing ‘real’ Art?

    September 16, 2022

    Have fun…

    July 12, 2013

    Evolution of a Guitar Player

    July 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017 /

    Taken in Tokyo, this photograph shows the façade of Musashi, a ramen restaurant, but the presentation is far from the warm, inviting atmosphere one might expect from an eatery. At night, under the glare of its signage, the scene takes on an ambiguous mood. The bold kanji, stark in black against an overexposed white panel, dominate the frame’s upper third, flanked by circular emblems. Below, the silhouette of a swordsman — rendered in cut-out form with glowing characters down the centre — adds an almost cinematic tension, more reminiscent of a samurai film poster than a dinner venue. From a compositional standpoint, the frame is split into strong horizontal bands:…

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    Wonder… Wall

    June 8, 2021

    Lightspeed

    August 6, 2015

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    December 12, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Every Single Day

    June 28, 2017 /

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    Mulberry Street, When Benito II Was Still There…

    July 7, 2014

    While the kids grow-up…

    July 25, 2013

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016 /

    I took this from across the street, handheld in the dark, balancing shutter speed against the pulse in my wrist. Inside, lit by that unmistakable domestic glow, a group leaned into conversation — not performative, not loud, just steady voices behind glass. I didn’t need to hear them. The posture told enough: bodies turned, heads dipped, attention fixed. The architecture did the framing. Georgian windowpanes divide the scene into grids, slicing the figures into segments — fragments of intimacy seen from a public path. The deep contrast between the warm interior and the cool, shadowed exterior gave the photo its form. This wasn’t voyeurism. It was a study in separation…

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    Impatience

    February 6, 2013

    Canon EOS-M. Useless for Street-Photography

    March 28, 2013

    Last Wing Down

    February 26, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016 /

      Saint Eustachio is not a place for rushed photography. Between the crush of customers, the warm glare off the coffee machines, and the tight spaces, you’ve got to work with precision — and patience. Using the Fuji X-E2 with a Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.5, I knew this would be a manual focus game. Autofocus would have been hunting in the low light, and besides, the Planar has a way of rewarding the slowness it demands. I focused carefully on the barista’s eyes, knowing that at f/1.5 depth of field would be razor thin. He was completely absorbed in his work, and I wanted that concentration to be the anchor…

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    The Bell Ringer of Nikko

    August 6, 2018

    Why on Earth people, in Italy, still eat junk food?

    January 16, 2013

    Asimo’s Ancestor@Tsukuba World1985 Expo

    June 30, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016 /

    A Nikon camera strap curls into the lower left of the frame, its familiar yellow letters unmistakable to anyone who’s ever held one. Yet the photograph itself was taken with a Fujifilm—a quiet, almost private joke between photographer and viewer. The rest of the image leans into misdirection. The camera is not the subject, at least not in the obvious way. Centre stage belongs to a pair of hands opening a quilted leather handbag, rings catching the light, fingertips poised in the act of searching or arranging. The fabrics, textures, and colours—matte grey, deep burgundy, soft velvet—compete gently for attention. The Nikon strap rests there almost incidentally, but of course…

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    December 10, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015 /

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    February 18, 2023

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    December 18, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Busy

    December 24, 2015 /

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    The New Church

    May 13, 2014

    A Toilet of the Court of Rome

    March 11, 2014

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    April 2, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares

    One Coffee

    December 20, 2015 /

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    June 5, 2021

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    October 10, 2013

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    January 2, 2013
  • Colour,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    A (Out-of-Focus) Break Between Lunch and Supper

    December 8, 2015 /

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    March 21, 2015

    A Cello Player

    April 24, 2017

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    December 22, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Cold Stuff

    November 28, 2015 /

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    March 26, 2013

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    November 1, 2018

    Vive La France, The Oslo’s Way

    October 7, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Lamp

    November 14, 2015 /

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    February 26, 2016

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    March 19, 2025

    When the Tide Recedes

    December 8, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    A cigarette

    September 28, 2015 /

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    August 26, 2016

    An Exercise in Composition (was: Rowing Boats)

    February 18, 2024

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    August 30, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Venice

    Table Dressing

    July 15, 2015 /

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    March 25, 2013

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    July 16, 2014

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    June 15, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Venice

    Nice Drink

    July 11, 2015 /

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    August 1, 2013

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    October 4, 2023

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    March 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Venice

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015 /

    Wandering through Venice, I came across this signboard outside a small eatery, its hand-painted letters enthusiastically proclaiming Cicchetti – Typical Venetian Food – Tapas. The first two lines make perfect sense: cicchetti are indeed a hallmark of Venetian gastronomy, those small, flavourful bites served in bàcari across the city. But then comes the curious third line: Tapas. A word so rooted in Spanish culinary identity that seeing it coupled with “typical Venetian” is enough to raise an eyebrow — and perhaps a smile. From a photographic perspective, the image is a straightforward yet effective piece of documentary work. The sign is centred and fills the frame, allowing the viewer to…

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    February 6, 2014

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