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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Pillars Of The Beach

    August 25, 2013 /

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    EOS-M. Tips and Results For Street-Photography

    August 9, 2013

    So Long, Eos-M

    January 17, 2014

    Shoes’ Meeting in Corso Vittorio

    March 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People,  Summer

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013 /

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

    January 16, 2013

    Lost in Le Puglie

    December 2, 2015

    Alessandro Valle – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    August 11, 2022
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Gear

    EOS-M. Tips and Results For Street-Photography

    August 9, 2013 /

    In the quest for an acceptable use of my Canon EOS-M I think I’ve finally found a way to exploit my M-mount lenses after the poor experience with the LCD focus. The last two exposures posted, this and this, have been shot with a Carl Zeiss T* Biogon 35/2,8 through zone-focusing, while the picture of this post has been manually focused using the EOS-M’s 5x magnification feature. In both cases the results are more than acceptable, giving a new life to this severely limited camera. All I can say is that is true what seasoned photographers use to say about the cameras: as soon as you get acquainted with your…

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    Kite Surfers

    October 16, 2021

    Fancy a Beer?

    November 10, 2015

    Fast Call

    December 28, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Fashion Shops,  Rome,  Summer

    A Little Of Thailand In Rome

    August 3, 2013 /

    Walking through Rome, it’s always the unexpected juxtapositions that stop me in my tracks. This small corner, framed by a weathered marble wall on one side and the muted sheen of a modern doorway on the other, holds a Thai welcome — a statue draped in marigold garlands, hands pressed together in the wai greeting, a silent gesture of hospitality transplanted far from its native home. From a compositional standpoint, I went for a straightforward, vertical framing to preserve the integrity of the statue’s posture. The side table in the lower right, with its offering of flowers and folded leaf packages, gives a cultural context that anchors the image. The…

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    From Waltham to Boston

    August 4, 2023

    The Sharp Shooter

    March 10, 2015

    Shooting a Roller Derby Bout

    November 19, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Urban Landscape

    The Lost Garage

    July 8, 2013 /

    A hidden spot, where nobody goes, while everybody passes by.

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    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella – The photogallery

    July 11, 2022

    Leaving

    September 27, 2018

    Pop Art Meets Industrial Hamburg

    April 24, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Trento, After Dark

    June 23, 2013 /

    There’s a plaque on the wall behind them—honouring soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, fallen in a war a hundred years gone. But they’re not looking at that. Instead, three boys sit shoulder to shoulder on a wooden bench, huddled around a glowing Apple logo. A little too bright for the square. The light falls on their faces the way a fire once would have. They’re focused, not speaking much. Two watch the screen; one taps at his phone. Nobody’s in a rush. This is Trento at night: limestone façades, uneven cobbles, Mediterranean shrubs in planters, and now Wi-Fi in the air. The square is mostly empty. Just a few benches,…

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    Crowd Control

    February 14, 2016

    Feuer

    July 10, 2021

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

    September 30, 2015
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Nightlife

    June 20, 2013 /

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    A Composition’s Dilemma in Black and White

    February 18, 2026

    An update on the poor Canon EOS-M autofocus

    March 30, 2013

    Waiting for the goal

    April 28, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Trick or Treat?

    June 14, 2013 /

    Trick or Treat. Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat.

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    After the Party

    December 16, 2013

    Content Creators

    July 20, 2023

    Lockpicking Tools

    December 11, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    The Spinners

    June 13, 2013 /

    I want to ride my bycicle…

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    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013

    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018

    Red Curtains

    August 28, 2014
  • B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Projects,  Rome

    Behind The Shaft

    June 1, 2013 /

    Taken from inside one of those old Roman elevators—small, slow, caged in iron. The kind you find tucked into the corner of a 19th-century palazzo, where the wood creaks and everything smells faintly of dust and time. This photo looks outward, through the gate. But in a way, it also looks inward. The gridded metal frame keeps your focus close. The world beyond is blurred just enough to feel distant. Stairs curve down somewhere out of view. The light is natural, soft, diffused. The rest is silence. There’s no action here. No drama. Just the texture of the old ironwork, hand-forged patterns now worn smooth by a hundred years of…

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    Who Dares Wins

    February 7, 2013

    Ultras

    July 20, 2016

    Suspicious

    December 2, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Seasons,  Spring

    Rest under a tree

    May 31, 2013 /

    Resting under a tree, on a sunny afternoon, in springtime.

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    The Lost Garage

    July 8, 2013

    Hands of a Steward

    November 22, 2019

    The Ubiquitous Mobile

    July 14, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    A Dangerous Alley

    May 25, 2013 /

    A parking entrance at night. A dangerous place.

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    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017

    Portraits in Skating

    November 30, 2024

    Under the Bridge

    November 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Urban Landscape,  Works

    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013 /

    Sunday morning. Scorching sun. A work to be done on time. Life is a bitch.

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    Portrait of aTocaor

    October 8, 2013

    Two Beers, One Cigarette

    April 23, 2014

    Different Paths

    December 26, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks

    What (or Who) Are These Hangs For?

    May 21, 2013 /

    Shot under the sharp midday sun, this image was never meant to soothe. The rope nooses hanging beneath the Egidi bridge in Lazio weren’t installed for dramatic effect—at least, I assume not—but the visual reads like a theatre of unease. Their symmetrical placement across the frame, knotted with intention, stirs something more than curiosity. I took the photo from a boat, drifting slowly beneath the bridge’s concrete weight. The water was still, though not glassy—its murky green caught just enough reflection to add texture. Compositionally, the image divides into thirds almost intuitively: the river below, the ropes suspended in the centre, and the man-made bridge above. The eye bounces between…

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    Three of a Kind

    July 6, 2013

    Busy In A Call

    December 16, 2014

    The Hacker and the Photographer

    August 22, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Urban Landscape,  Works

    The last flower

    May 20, 2013 /

    The concrete is coming. How long will the last flowers stand?

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

    July 11, 2024

    Ceci n’est pas un cadre

    December 29, 2013

    The Observer

    November 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Footprints

    May 19, 2013 /

    is it an oil painting, or is it for real?

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    A few shots from a Paco de Lucia live performance

    July 31, 2013

    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014

    Backstage, Before the Downbeat

    May 4, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Seasons,  Spring

    Love is like a flower

    May 18, 2013 /

    Love is like a flower, Both need care and attention to grow, Both die if not fed, Both don’t last forever.

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    A Sad Afternoon

    October 7, 2013

    Just a soccer match…

    May 15, 2013

    Forza Italia

    July 12, 2021
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Couples

    May 17, 2013 /

    Two couples in a square. One seeks rest, the other, food.

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    Red Tears

    June 7, 2013

    The Audience (Not a Rock Concert, Indeed)

    September 23, 2013

    Conversations, Silences, and Street Life

    August 5, 2014
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Urban Landscape

    When the parking’s lost

    May 16, 2013 /

    When the parking is lost, there’s only one solution.

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    Visual

    January 18, 2013

    An Old School Workstation

    September 12, 2014

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares

    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013 /

    No News, Good News.

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    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019

    Peeping the Misery

    September 4, 2013

    Is This My Breakfast? (Kirobo, the new Pinocchio)

    December 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences

    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013 /

    When craftmanship meets art.

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    A Modern Nazca?

    December 4, 2014

    DxO Pure Raw empirical test

    November 22, 2022

    Fancy a Beer?

    November 10, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Streets&Squares

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013 /

    less than twenty years have gone, and a telephone boot looks like a relic from the Stone Age.

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    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013

    Seats

    September 11, 2017

    Boat Dock Bumpers

    October 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage

    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013 /

    Shot the morning after a wet December night, this scene is an unfiltered inventory of what remains once the bodies disperse. Three bottles—two upright, one half-tucked behind an iron gate—stand in for the absent crowd. There’s no music left, no voices, no movement. Just rust, grime, and the fragile persistence of glass. I framed the shot to keep the human presence implied but never visible. The steps lead nowhere, the iron gate is firmly shut, and the graffiti—hastily sprayed in orange—reads only “KR”, ambiguous and unresolved. That felt important. The story here is incomplete by design. It invites conjecture, not clarity. Technically, this is a study in texture. The marble…

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    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014

    Footprints in the Snow

    December 25, 2012

    Silent Among Many Voices

    January 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  People

    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013 /

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    The Last Barrell

    December 10, 2015

    Moon, hand-held

    April 30, 2021

    Pentax k-5 And The Aquapack 458

    August 15, 2014
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