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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Social Control,  Spring

    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014 /

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    Underground Security RA(T)P

    June 5, 2015

    Rest on the Docks

    January 30, 2014

    On the Edge of the World

    April 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Winter

    On Air

    July 22, 2014 /

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    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013

    A Zen Garden?

    February 22, 2014

    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Social Control,  Summer

    Line Of Fire

    July 6, 2014 /

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    Smile!

    August 7, 2013

    Remainders in Prati

    December 4, 2013

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control

    Oops!

    July 4, 2014 /

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    Andrea Monti

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    A Sad Violinist

    December 17, 2016

    High Heels Ghost

    August 20, 2013

    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Spring

    Waiting For The Elections

    June 24, 2014 /

    The last day of an electoral campaign. Politicians can’t do anything but wait: now – for just two days – the power is in the people’s hands.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Fast Roping

    October 21, 2021

    Did You Forget Something?

    October 3, 2016

    Ultras

    July 20, 2016
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Social Control,  Spring

    Just In Case

    June 9, 2014 /

    Should you have some doubt, by reading the banner you can’t be mistaken.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Call On The Docks

    August 4, 2014

    5 frames with a Voigtländer Bessa R2, a Nokton 35/1,4 and a roll of an expired Kodak Portra 160

    July 11, 2024

    Fuji X-T2 records audio at 16bit/48Khz

    October 11, 2020
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Gates&Fences,  Past&Relics,  Social Control

    Caged?

    June 6, 2014 /

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    When Venus meets the Moon

    October 2, 2023

    Springtime

    April 23, 2015

    How to Shoot Handball Matches

    April 14, 2024
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Spring

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014 /

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    Andrea Monti

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    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    July 22, 2022

    Under the Bridge

    November 6, 2013

    An outdoor theatre?

    January 31, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Social Control

    Mario Asks for it!

    April 9, 2014 /

    The political campaign for the European election is started. This is one of the posters showing the Democratic Party (PD) strategy: fooling the voters into thinking that PD cares about what its constituencies have to say…

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    On Tips’n Tricks to ‘take you photos to the next level’

    May 29, 2025

    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014

    The Silent Listeners

    December 27, 2013
  • B&W,  Bruxelles,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Visual,  Winter

    National Security

    April 4, 2014 /

    A danger for the National Security? This picture is nothing special, but for the fact that while I was taking it a security guard at the European Parliament tried to stop me on the “National Security” excuse, by claiming that photos were not allowed. Minding the lesson of “Stand your ground” I countered politely the requests of the guard, by telling him: – First: shooting in public spaces is perfectly legal, – Second: there where no “no-photos allowed” signs, – Third: “I am a lawyer and a journalist. I checked both EU and Belgian Law and find nothing that could prevent me to do what I am doing. Could you…

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    Aficionados

    August 5, 2013

    Taking-Off

    April 15, 2021

    Nightlife

    June 20, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Winter

    Off-Duty Eurocrats in Bruxelles

    March 28, 2014 /

    Late afternoon at the European Parliament. The Eurocrats – now off-duty – come back to their human form.

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    A Silohuette on the Bridge

    March 3, 2014

    Up from the Waterline

    December 3, 2016

    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Social Control,  Winter

    Trust Us, We Care About You

    March 18, 2014 /

    This is a close-up of a banner hanging from the Prefecture de police, Paris, Rue de la citè. I don’t know why, but every time I hear a public power saying that he cares about me I feel a bit worried…                   — This is the Google Map link, currently displaying the complete image, and here is a screen capture, just in case:

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    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014

    A Fisherman in Rome

    November 1, 2013

    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Urban Landscape,  Winter

    Just a soccer field… Part 3

    February 5, 2014 /

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    Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law

    January 23, 2014

    DxO Pure Raw empirical test

    November 22, 2022

    Alien Veins

    December 3, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Reportage,  Social Control,  Urban Landscape,  Winter

    Just a soccer field… Part 2

    February 4, 2014 /

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    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014

    As Time Goes By

    June 11, 2013

    The Chess Players’ Summer Nest

    July 31, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Reportage,  Social Control,  Winter

    Just a Soccer Field… Part 1

    February 3, 2014 /

    Just a soccer field… the only place where freedom lasts, but just for the time of a match.

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    No time for lunch at Piazza Fiume …

    February 20, 2013

    EOS-M. Manual focus tips and results for Street-Photography and more

    August 9, 2013

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    The Traffic Controller

    November 20, 2013 /

    The difficult task is to stop people from lurking while driving…

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    The Doorman

    September 1, 2013

    Black Cat

    October 31, 2021

    Rest in peace

    March 13, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control

    Secret Beyond the Door

    October 24, 2013 /

    Who knows what they’re talking about?

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    Easy Parking

    August 12, 2013

    Seeking Directions

    September 10, 2013

    Distraction

    February 10, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Social Control

    Out-of-Focus

    September 24, 2013 /

    My fault, but – somehow – I find this picture evocative.

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    Not Sure I Would Like The Feel

    November 22, 2014

    Late

    December 31, 2012

    On Composition. Or: the eye sees what the mind is prepared to comprehend

    September 11, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control

    Is This Smoke?

    August 15, 2013 /

    It seems so.

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    Portrait of an Heavy Metal Singer

    November 21, 2013

    Missed Airplane

    December 4, 2017

    Generations – II

    August 5, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer

    Crowd Control

    July 16, 2013 /

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    The Power of Music

    March 22, 2013

    Pino Ammendola – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 13, 2022

    Peeping the misery

    September 4, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control

    Get Ready for The Duty

    July 13, 2013 /

    The show is going to start. And while everybody is having fun, somebody else cares about their safety…

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    The Hacker and the Photographer

    August 22, 2016

    Bicycle

    February 2, 2015

    Visual

    January 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Everything is ready for the service

    July 2, 2013 /

    … but the attendees

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    Il barbiere di Siviglia – Don Bartolo mad at Rosina

    November 28, 2020

    StreetPizza@Ueno

    August 4, 2018

    Lost

    July 13, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013 /

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    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021

    Seats

    September 11, 2017

    Collision Path

    July 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Just a soccer match…

    May 15, 2013 /

    This is not an upcoming urban riot. Just a soccer match…

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    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013

    Taking-Off

    April 15, 2021

    Portrait of a Bailaor

    November 19, 2013
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