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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  People,  Winter

    A Fisherman

    December 25, 2014 /

    In a quiet marina, under the forgiving light of the late afternoon, a fisherman tends to his nets. There are no waves crashing, no shouting, no sails unfurling—just the steady, patient work of untangling, mending, preparing. This is not a romanticised image of the sea. There is no dramatic storm, no heroic pose. Just hands worn by salt, wind, and time, labouring over nylon threads that, like veins, carry sustenance from ocean to table. These nets are not merely tools—they are lifelines, a continuation of tradition, a quiet resistance to obsolescence. The photograph captures a kind of devotion: to craft, to survival, to family. Each knot tells of a past…

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    Rectangles

    March 12, 2015

    The Doorman

    September 1, 2013

    Portrait of an Heavy Metal Singer

    November 21, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Red

    December 17, 2014 /

    The image was taken in the evening, when artificial lights mix with the faint remnants of daylight, producing a palette that can easily become muddy if exposure and colour balance are not carefully controlled. The choice to keep the scene in its natural ambient light preserves its authenticity, though it comes at the cost of some detail in shadowed areas. The central figure in the red jacket acts as a visual anchor, standing out decisively against the more subdued hues of the crowd. From a compositional standpoint, the frame is well balanced: the converging lines of the street lead the eye into the depth of the scene, pulling attention from…

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    Protezione Civile

    November 12, 2013

    Red Lock At Genova’s Dock Arsenal

    August 8, 2014

    Final Arrangements Before the Hearing

    April 19, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Winter

    Winter Leaves

    December 9, 2014 /

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    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014

    No time for lunch at Piazza Fiume …

    February 20, 2013

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Suspicious

    December 2, 2014 /

    Every street photographer knows that moment — the fraction of a second when a stranger’s gaze brushes against yours and something shifts in the air. Suspicion. Wariness. An almost imperceptible tightening of the body. That’s the curse: the invisible threshold you cross when candid turns into confrontation, even if only in the subject’s mind. In this frame, the man in the magenta sweater and black coat is mid-stride, his expression caught somewhere between concentration and mild irritation. He’s moving with purpose, but his eyes — just soft enough in the focus to keep anonymity intact — seem aware of my presence. The shallow depth of field lets the textured walls…

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    A cigarette

    September 28, 2015

    Al Di Meola, Peo Alfonsi, Sergio Martinez – Live @ Teatro della Villa Comunale – Roseto degli Abruzzi

    July 30, 2025

    Portrait of a Waiter

    July 22, 2013
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Rome,  Winter

    Guest Are Welcome!

    December 1, 2014 /

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    The Sentinel

    August 13, 2013

    What Lasts of a Saturday Night Party

    January 24, 2014

    None of my business…

    March 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Winter

    The Drying Machine

    November 30, 2014 /

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    A Fujifilm X-E1 Annoyance

    April 15, 2014

    Inside a Lost Building

    February 16, 2014

    Framed

    November 26, 2015
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    A Lamppost

    November 26, 2014 /

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    Mid-Morning Break at Place Jourdan

    March 24, 2014

    Fisherman’s Friend

    January 10, 2014

    Stadio Olimpico, seen from Tribuna Monte Mario

    October 1, 2022
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014 /

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    Let’s get the party started…

    January 20, 2014

    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013

    Waiting for the Fish

    December 18, 2021
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Seasons

    Avid Readers

    November 19, 2014 /

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    Just a Bench (or a Sacrificial Altar?)

    January 11, 2017

    The Abused Balcony

    February 17, 2014

    Ni État Ni Patron

    June 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    An Old Wi(n)dow

    November 17, 2014 /

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    Learning to Fly

    August 23, 2018

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016

    The Seagull’s Rest

    December 18, 2013
  • B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Faces in the Façade: A Ghostly Smile in Stone

    November 15, 2014 /

    The camera tilts upward, catching the weathered skin of a building where plaster peels like old parchment. Two circles and an arch, carved decades ago, sit quietly above the passageway. Yet in this photograph, the mind cannot help but play: the decoration forms a round-eyed, wide-mouthed face, its features soft and slightly comic. The resemblance is uncanny—here is the echo of the Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, peering down with an oblivious grin. The cracked and flaking surface becomes its aging skin, the faded stucco a reminder that even ghosts of pop culture can find new haunts in architecture. Light and shadow turn structural detail into character. The deep arch below reads…

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    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014

    Pavement

    November 16, 2014

    Ceci n’est pas un cadre

    December 29, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014 /

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    What a odd couple of bipedals…

    February 26, 2013

    Desolation

    May 13, 2015

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Fun

    November 12, 2014 /

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    Avid Readers

    November 19, 2014

    Under The Bridge

    June 27, 2016

    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks

    Columns

    November 10, 2014 /

    In Brussels, this curved colonnade sits like an architectural punctuation mark in the middle of a park — a statement without a sentence. I positioned the frame to face it directly, giving symmetry the upper hand. The central alignment was intentional: it allows the gentle arc of the structure to pull the eye from one end to the other without distraction. The light was flat, filtered by a heavy overcast, which meant no harsh contrasts or deep shadows. This helped preserve the fine details in the stone — the weathering, the subtle variations in tone — while keeping the surrounding foliage rich but not overpowering. The grey of the columns…

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    A Step Ahead

    October 8, 2022

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    December 6, 2018

    A Green Patch

    August 26, 2014
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Orange Scarf

    November 9, 2014 /

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    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013

    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013

    A Zeppelin in The New York Sky

    July 2, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Lines,  Winter

    A Fence

    November 6, 2014 /

    What drew me to make this photograph was not the fence itself, but the way it interacted with the geometry behind it. The wire grid overlays the diagonal of the concrete stair and handrail, creating a tension between rigid containment and directional movement. The eye wants to follow the slope upward, yet is repeatedly interrupted by the vertical and horizontal bars in the foreground. In terms of composition, the alignment was deliberate. I positioned the frame so that the grid sat almost perfectly square, avoiding converging lines that would soften its structural authority. The diagonal cuts through the otherwise orthogonal arrangement, introducing a dynamic that stops the image from becoming…

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    Ottica Boncompagni

    November 7, 2014

    Imitation of Banksi

    November 1, 2021

    Vive La France, The Oslo’s Way

    October 7, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks

    A Fishnet – 2

    October 29, 2014 /

    Fishing boats, when they’re not at sea, have a stillness to them that’s almost deceptive. You look at this image and all you see at first are the nets — layered, coiled, heavy with their own weight. But you know that once the boat moves out of the harbour, these same nets will vanish into the water, turning into something entirely different: a tool in motion, an extension of the crew’s livelihood. The shot is a straight-on composition, framing the netting in the foreground so it fills most of the image. It creates a natural barrier for the viewer’s eye, almost demanding you examine the knots, the frayed edges, the…

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    September 11, 2023

    Portrait of a Cosplayer

    July 3, 2017

    My camera’s early test shots

    December 20, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks

    Handling the Fishnet

    October 28, 2014 /

    I shot this on 35mm film, standing just close enough to feel the humidity roll off the hulls. The frame came together fast—nets lifted mid-air, a weather-worn fisherman pausing in the background, boats docked like tired beasts. The timing wasn’t choreographed. It was observational. The kind of moment that offers itself, briefly, before it folds back into routine. Technically, I trusted the light meter and let the film carry the tonality. Overcast conditions gave me a flat, diffuse wash—ideal for capturing texture without losing shadow detail. The greens of the net, mottled with rust stains and bleached ropes, became the visual anchor. It’s a dirty, complicated green that only salt…

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    Three Lamps

    September 19, 2022

    Out of Focus, again

    October 3, 2013

    An Old Wi(n)dow

    November 17, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  Oslo,  Parks,  People,  Urban Landscape

    The Seagull And The Sentinel

    October 27, 2014 /

      In front of the solemn geometry of a royal palace in Oslo, the eye is drawn not to the grand columns or orderly facade, but to the understated absurdity playing out on the forecourt. To the far right, a sentinel paces with ceremonial rigour — upright, focused, unyielding. His role is one of symbol and service: a visible reminder of authority, history, and order. But his dedication unfolds before an almost entirely empty square. Almost. Because to the left, alone and unconcerned, a seagull meanders across the open expanse. It neither salutes nor flees. It simply exists — indifferent to the weight of flags, uniforms, or palatial power. This…

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    October 16, 2014

    The Straycat

    December 3, 2013

    Portrait of a Master luthier

    October 26, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Oslo

    Boat Dock Bumpers

    October 26, 2014 /

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    As much as you’re far from home…

    April 5, 2013

    The Gate to the Appeal

    October 10, 2021

    Into The Cube

    November 18, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Oslo

    A Two-Masted Schooner

    October 25, 2014 /

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    Lost Bottles

    January 27, 2014

    Writer Inspiration’s Tools

    April 17, 2015

    Fashionable’s shots

    May 3, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Oslo

    The Oslo Opera House

    October 24, 2014 /

    I’ve always believed that architecture reveals a different truth when seen from the water. Shooting the Oslo Opera House from the sea reinforced that idea for me. From this vantage point, the building doesn’t just sit on the waterfront—it seems to grow out of it, its sloping planes echoing the movement of the harbour while anchoring themselves firmly into the city skyline. For this photograph, I chose a framing that allowed the Opera House to dominate without isolating it. The surrounding water occupies enough of the lower frame to set the context, while the upper section leaves room for the building to breathe against the sky. This separation of planes—sea,…

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    Barbarians at the Gates

    September 21, 2013

    Pentax k-5 And The Aquapack 458

    August 15, 2014
  • B&W,  Boulevards,  Cities,  Daily photo,  Oslo,  People

    The Pulse Of The Town

    October 17, 2014 /

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    Dreaming of a Lancia Delta Martini…

    March 24, 2013

    Viltrox AF85/1,8 II XF. Reflexless?

    April 2, 2021

    Oops!

    July 4, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People,  Rome

    Free Shoes On A Hot Day

    October 8, 2014 /

    I took this photograph on a brutally hot afternoon, the kind where the pavement seems to radiate heat back at you with equal force. The scene was simple: a young woman, barefoot, perched on a low ledge in the sun, her shoes neatly placed on the ground below. The shoes caught my eye first — perfectly aligned, toes pointing towards the wall, almost as if waiting for their owner to return to them. From a compositional point of view, I like how the image naturally splits into two planes. The lower half — brick, pavement, and shoes — is all about structure and order, while the upper half — bare…

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    June 12, 2013

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    May 31, 2013

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    October 16, 2021
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