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  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring

    One Shot (Plus One) Story – All That Lasts

    April 19, 2025 /

    These three bags of rubble are all that remains of a ‘renovated’ building. By chance, though, I took a photo of the building as it was being demolished. The difference in the colours of the rooms caught my attention. I wondered why people had chosen to paint each room in different colours. Maybe the blue was for the children? And the green was for the kitchen? And what about the red and the yellow? These colours tell the story of a family, a story that just ended when their home was demolished. I don’t know if the inhabitants have simply sold the house and moved elsewhere, or what they have done…

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    Early Leave at Bruxelles-Midi

    March 23, 2014

    The Violinist

    July 1, 2015

    Street Of New York… possibly

    March 21, 2017
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    A Hellish Look

    March 26, 2024 /

    It is quite common these days to see images of various kinds using the facade of a building as a screen. In the case of government or state buildings, a flag appears out of nowhere after dusk.The overall effect is quite spectacular, especially in Italy where the palaces of power are beautiful works of art. However, when photographed with a narrow field of view, the result can be disturbing, as in this case, where the building looks more like some sort of hell embassy.It wouldn’t be strange, though: doesn’t the Pope live on the other side of the Tevere River?

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Handball Female Team (and a primer on sport photography, part 3)

    September 30, 2015

    Shooting a Roller Derby Bout

    November 19, 2024

    Drying Clothes

    March 9, 2021
  • B&W,  Boston,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Downtown,  Parks,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Travels

    From Waltham to Boston

    August 4, 2023 /

    ‘From Waltham to Boston’, an offshoot of a bigger project on documenting Boston’s pulse, is now available on Amazon as a Kindle e-book.

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    Is the next Kano Jigoro already on the mat?

    November 7, 2013

    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013

    Who dares…

    February 7, 2013
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Winter

    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021 /

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    Wonder wall…

    June 8, 2021

    A Lost Towel

    July 3, 2013

    Walking at Night, in Milan

    September 30, 2013
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Urban Landscape

    Nature gets its space back…

    November 7, 2018 /

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    Merleria Livia

    February 14, 2015

    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013

    Technological Memento

    June 26, 2021
  • B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan

    Renovating Milan

    November 18, 2017 /

    Milan, November 2017. A construction site—not the kind that demands attention, but the quiet kind that hides behind fabric and scaffolding. I took this photo walking past it for the third or fourth time. What stopped me wasn’t the building itself, but its ghost. Behind the mesh screen, the silhouette of the old façade still lingered, like a memory bleeding through fabric. Chimneys, outlines, the suggestion of windows. The city behind the curtain. At the bottom, the standard construction notice: printed bureaucracy stapled to metal, a reminder that change is always sanctioned, scheduled, structured. But the rest of the image resists clarity. Straight lines waver, verticals drift. Even the fence…

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    5 Frames from our Tragic Past Shot with an iPhone 14 Pro Max

    April 4, 2025

    Portrait of a Perinatal Cardiologist

    July 11, 2014

    Last Check Before the Start

    July 29, 2015
  • Buildings,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  Summer

    The Financial Times at Night

    October 1, 2016 /

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    Norwegian Suits

    October 15, 2014

    Stinky Shoes

    June 3, 2015

    Different Load

    June 23, 2015
  • B&W,  Buildings,  Court,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Urban Landscape,  Winter

    Justice Under Construction

    March 31, 2015 /

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    A Modern Orpheus

    November 24, 2015

    Elishéva live@Faneuil Hall

    July 8, 2023

    Selling Italian Ice in Boston

    March 11, 2025
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Rome,  Winter

    Guest Are Welcome!

    December 1, 2014 /

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    Tattoos in Barcelona

    August 18, 2014

    Back Home

    December 5, 2014

    The Mystique of Film

    August 24, 2022
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    A Lamppost

    November 26, 2014 /

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    A Lamp in an Old Teather

    March 8, 2016

    Portraits in Skating

    November 30, 2024

    A Fisherman

    December 25, 2014
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014 /

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    The Power of Underexposing

    December 25, 2019

    Floating

    February 5, 2023

    Mulberry Street, When Benito II Was Still There…

    July 7, 2014
  • B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Marshmallow

    November 15, 2014 /

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    Staying Behind

    November 28, 2013

    W Verdi

    January 29, 2014

    A Lamp

    November 14, 2015
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Oslo

    The Oslo Opera House

    October 24, 2014 /

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    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013

    Luck is an Attitude

    January 25, 2014

    The Icecream is ready to be served

    May 8, 2013
  • Autumn,  Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The Lost Hotel

    September 5, 2014 /

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    Zombie

    March 4, 2021

    Matching Nails

    September 18, 2017

    The Taste Master

    March 2, 2014
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Summer

    Mind The Gap!

    July 5, 2014 /

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    Alien Veins

    December 3, 2014

    Shooting Fast Alfa Romeo on a Race Track

    October 22, 2024

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  New York

    A Bubble In The New York Sky

    July 2, 2014 /

    Hey Dad, look at the big bubble in the sky!

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    Line Of Fire

    July 6, 2014

    Cold Night, Hot Drink

    January 13, 2014

    The Abused Balcony

    February 17, 2014
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Rome,  Spring

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014 /

    Escher’s Relativity inspired these shots.

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    Late Night Arrival at Bertinoro’s Castle

    January 15, 2014

    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013

    In the backstage

    May 10, 2013
  • B&W,  Bruxelles,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Spring

    An Unplausable Perspective

    May 6, 2014 /

    There is something odd in this photo, isnt’it?

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    So Long, and Thank You for the Fish

    January 26, 2022

    The Financial Times at Night

    October 1, 2016

    The Sailor

    June 24, 2013
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Hanging Clothes

    February 18, 2014 /

    Waiting to dry…

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    Under the Bridge

    November 6, 2013

    Falling Tree

    May 8, 2014

    The Hands of a Drummer (Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez)

    April 24, 2013
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The Abused Balcony

    February 17, 2014 /

    Who cares about architecture and arts, when a TV show calls?

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    Empty Spaces

    May 23, 2014

    The New Church

    May 13, 2014

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics

    Inside a Lost Building

    February 16, 2014 /

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    Last Check Before the Start

    July 29, 2015

    Out For Justice

    June 21, 2014

    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella – The photogallery

    July 11, 2022
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Portraits

    A Portrait on the Nasdaq Building

    January 18, 2014 /

    My fault, I don’t know the name of this man, presumably dead on July 1985. From the background of the picture (the records shown on the up-left corner) I assume that he should be either a musician or somebody active in the recording industry. Nevertheless, what catch my attention was the mix between sadness and joy in his eyes.

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    Junk Food

    January 16, 2013

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 6 – Kodak Portra 400 – November 2016 shot in Sept. 2023

    June 5, 2024

    Creativity vs Originality

    March 11, 2024
  • B&W,  Bruxelles,  Buildings,  Cities,  Daily photo,  Urban Landscape,  Winter

    Late Afternoon Workers

    December 23, 2013 /

    At Place de la Monnaie, in Bruxelles, late-afternoon workers look their life go by, while the rest of the world, enjoy the fun. This photo felt less like a building and more like a roll of exposed film. Fifteen windows, side by side. Fifteen little theatres. The framing is perfect—not by accident, but by architecture. A row of lives unfolding under fluorescent light. You can almost hear the hum. Some rooms are empty. Some are dim. In a few, people remain—cleaning up, wrapping gifts, turning off screens. There are Christmas trees, forgotten chairs, coats slung over partitions. And above all, stillness. Each window holds its own shot. Unrelated, disconnected. A…

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    July 4, 2014

    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017

    Close up of a chessboard

    September 1, 2018

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