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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The last waltz

    January 24, 2013 /

    Everything is ready for the last waltz. The Master of ceremony has just come. Let the celebration begins.

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    Square One

    June 17, 2014

    Play It Again, Sam!

    April 13, 2017

    Up from the Waterline

    December 3, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Sunny Afternoon

    January 22, 2013 /

    I remember pausing before pressing the shutter on this scene, aware that nothing in it was extraordinary in the dramatic sense — yet everything in it felt essential. Two elderly men, sitting outside a restaurant that promised wood-fired pizza and grilled fish, leaning into the pale, low winter sun. There was a stillness to the moment, the kind of quiet that speaks louder than movement. Technically, the shot is simple, almost matter-of-fact. I framed with the entrance and signage as a backdrop, balancing the image so the men sit firmly on the right third, their presence anchored against the visual weight of the restaurant’s architecture on the left. The light…

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    Silver Pottery

    November 4, 2014

    Portrait of a Wrestler

    October 27, 2013

    Suspicious

    September 8, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Friend or Foe?

    January 21, 2013 /

    A suspicious stare, Tails up, Get ready for the rumble!

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    Foto-Grafo featured on Yanidel.net

    March 20, 2013

    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018

    Nad Sylvan

    July 10, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Paths of Life

    January 20, 2013 /

    Some images carry weight not because of their complexity, but because of the simplicity of the encounter they capture. This photograph, with its two human figures on converging yet separate trajectories, speaks quietly about direction, purpose, and the unspoken narratives we project onto strangers in passing. Compositionally, the scene is divided into two clear focal points: the cyclist pushing her bike from the left, and the hooded figure standing in contemplation on the right. The visual balance is well handled — the figures occupy opposing thirds, leaving space for the layered cityscape and soft mountain backdrop to stretch between them. This negative space is not empty; it’s where the tension…

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    Do Not Touch

    June 5, 2013

    Wonder… Wall

    June 8, 2021

    A Night at the Opera – Plays and Opera Photography

    December 21, 2024
  • Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Watch My Back

    January 15, 2013 /

    There’s a charged stillness to this image — a tension that sits somewhere between street observation and a quiet cinematic moment. Two men occupy the foreground: one turned away, phone to his ear; the other facing us, his gaze piercing the lens with an unreadable mix of caution and assessment. The title primes us to read this as a scene about alertness, and the body language supports it. The boulevard behind them is busy but not chaotic. A woman pushes a pram, silhouettes cross in different directions, shop signs glow faintly in the night. The interplay of light and shadow here is critical: the background is brighter, with the shopfront…

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    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017

    Windows XVIII … Century

    February 27, 2014

    Zebra Crossing, Again…

    June 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

    January 14, 2013 /

    Some photographs do not simply depict a scene; they whisper about the inevitability of time. This image — a weathered wall plastered with torn layers of posters — is a meditation on memory and impermanence. At its heart is the fragmented portrait of a man, likely once an emblem of style or aspiration, now fading beneath the relentless work of sun, rain, and neglect. Around him cluster obituaries, each a stark, matter-of-fact record of a life lived and now concluded. Together, they form a quiet but profound juxtaposition: the glamour of an image meant to sell an idea, and the final notices marking real human departures. Compositionally, the frame is…

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    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014

    @ Mediterrean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Soccer Team (and a primer on sport-photography, part 4)

    October 3, 2015

    Different Paths

    December 26, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The Unintended March

    January 13, 2013 /

    Strangers walk at the same pace

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    A Sad Cat in a Neko Cafè

    August 5, 2018

    Shopping in Bruxelles

    December 20, 2013

    Generations

    February 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    PizzaPizza

    January 12, 2013 /

    I want a pizza!

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    Shin Pepper@Harajuku

    June 4, 2018

    60×40 Borderless Printing with a HP Z3200ps 24

    May 11, 2014

    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013 /

    This frame was one of those taken on instinct—no tripod, no second thoughts, just a camera pointed through a pane of glass and a question forming even before I pressed the shutter: which one is the mannequin? The scene unfolds in a boutique window and interior where light, reflection, and posture blur the lines between display and presence. The mannequin on the right is dressed in earth tones, her boots absurdly plush, almost cartoonish. She’s poised with deliberate stillness, sculpted as expected. But it’s the figure just beyond her, partially obscured, that catches the eye. Upright, still, backlit—almost mimicking her. You could pass by and assume they’re both props, frozen…

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    Behind the Quirinale: Order After Dark

    January 23, 2026

    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013

    Frank Gambale All Stars – Live@Teatro Marrucino

    November 22, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Mind Your Business…

    January 9, 2013 /

    Paths that shall never cross.

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    Who wants to live forever?

    June 15, 2013

    Los Niños y El Tocaor

    October 30, 2017

    Love is like a flower

    May 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Busy

    January 8, 2013 /

    Busy, taking her time…

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    Late Afternoon Workers

    December 23, 2013

    Too Late

    April 10, 2015

    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Modern Times

    January 6, 2013 /

    A man walks through a square as ever did, and ever will. In the meantime, the world changes.

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    5 frames with the (much awaited) Ferrania P33, a Nikon F3 and a Nikkor 50 F2

    April 30, 2024

    Skating on Avenue Louise

    April 1, 2014

    The Solitude of Power

    May 6, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    ChitChat in a sunny day

    January 4, 2013 /

    I saw the two of them before I saw the light. They were already locked in conversation — not animated, but steady, the kind that only happens between people who’ve known each other for years. One leans back, hands in pockets, the other gesturing mid-sentence. Nothing theatrical, no drama. Just the architecture of ordinary talk. What made me lift the camera wasn’t them alone — it was the composition the shadows drew around them. The tree, out of frame, cast itself perfectly on the metal shutter behind. Two vertical lines from the trunk, branches spreading just above the heads. A stage set by sunlight. Geometry by accident. Technically, the exposure…

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    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014

    The Photo I Didn’t Shoot

    June 8, 2013

    @Rome Maker Faire – 2

    October 10, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Purple Haze

    January 3, 2013 /

    Early on a winter morning a purple haze…

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    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Out for a ride…

    January 2, 2013 /

    The light was brittle—thin, like the quiet that hangs in the streets after a long, noisy night. New Year’s celebrations had just emptied out, leaving behind a silence filled with expectation and leftover firecracker smoke. I didn’t plan this frame; I was out walking off the heaviness of the night before, camera slung under my coat, when I caught this rider coasting through the city’s near-emptiness. What struck me was the sheer casualness of it. No drama, no destination, just movement. The world still had the sleep in its eyes. The bike and rider sliced through the morning like punctuation—bare, direct. Technically, the exposure leaned toward the soft end. Shadows…

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    Silent Reader

    July 17, 2016

    A Taxi Night Fleet At Oslo’s Central Station

    September 26, 2014

    Tour Saint-Jacques, Standby

    March 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Silent Among Many Voices

    January 1, 2013 /

    This photograph was taken inside a crowded bar, late afternoon, just as daylight began surrendering to the low amber of early evening. It was a warm space, socially speaking—laughter, conversation, the usual clatter of espresso cups and cutlery—but this particular moment stood out for its subtle, emotional dissonance. In the foreground, a young man leans against the table, eyes lowered, expression withdrawn. He’s physically close to others, yet mentally and emotionally absent from the shared space. That’s the tension I was drawn to: proximity without connection. The glass chair’s curvature frames him in a way that feels almost isolating, like a barrier—not physical, but psychological. From a compositional standpoint, I…

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    Interplay

    December 22, 2016

    What Are You Looking At?

    June 19, 2014

    A Lamp in an Old Teather

    March 8, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Late

    December 31, 2012 /

    Late. Again. As ever…

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    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016

    An Exercise in Composition (was: Rowing Boats)

    February 18, 2024

    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Thoughts

    Yet Another Dawn

    December 30, 2012 /

    Yet Another Dawn Picture. There is a snobbish attitude among “real-photographer” (those tough guys that know all about cameras, lenses, optics, chemistry, physics, hardware, software, journalism, fine-art, landscape, portrait and, finally, Leica – and that barely shot a frame or two once at year) that photo like this one shouldn’t be taken at all. If you need an exposure of a dawn – I’ve read on a website whose link I’ve lost – you’d better go to Google image. I disagree for two reasons: first: shooting is a personal need. If somebody feels like exposing a dawn, a sunset or whatever banal… well that’s matter to him and is none…

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    The Wild Bunch

    September 30, 2014

    What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?

    March 19, 2024

    How to (Unconventionally) Shoot Track and Field Competitions

    July 30, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Disagreement

    December 29, 2012 /

    When dogs (like that) start yelling at you with no apparent reason, becoming a bum starts being an option…

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    A party that shall never come

    May 9, 2013

    The Brand As a Ruin

    May 25, 2015

    @Rome Maker Faire – 3. Stare Of The Mechanical Man

    October 13, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Waiting for the match…

    December 28, 2012 /

    The scene is ordinary, but that’s precisely why I stopped. A teenager in full Givova kit, perched on a cold cement bench in a bare piazza, killing time before football training. A gym bag tagged “Città di Giulianova 1924” anchors the narrative—it tells us this isn’t just a kid hanging out. This is ritual, anticipation, part of the social choreography that surrounds grassroots sport in small Italian towns. Technically, it’s a straightforward frame, handheld and slightly imperfect—edges soft, shadows flat—but that rawness works here. The light is diffused under an overcast sky, producing a muted palette with little contrast. I let the saturation lean just enough to retain the plastic…

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    The Bell Ringer of Nikko

    August 6, 2018

    Phone Call – 2

    February 20, 2015

    Shadow On The Wall

    August 30, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The Argument

    December 27, 2012 /

    A fierce debate in a sunny winter day.

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    One Shot Story: Behind the Fence

    January 3, 2025

    Cleaning the Tabernacle

    November 26, 2022

    A Weird Fujifilm Battery Issue for X-series cameras

    December 2, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Different Paths

    December 26, 2012 /

    Street photography has always fascinated me for its ability to compress fleeting moments into enduring visual narratives. In this image, taken on what appears to be a damp, overcast day, the photographer captures two figures heading in opposite directions — a man in the foreground walking towards the camera, his orange cap vivid against the muted palette, and a woman in the distance holding a bright orange umbrella. The composition cleverly plays on symmetry and divergence. While the subjects are positioned on opposite sides of the frame, they are visually connected through the repetition of colour — the cap and the umbrella forming two points of chromatic emphasis that immediately…

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    The Leica M9 CCDgate Outrageous Case

    December 11, 2014

    The Sorcereress

    March 15, 2026

    Different Life

    June 24, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    A solitary journey

    December 24, 2012 /

    A man just comes back from a solitary journey into the snow. He’s already missing the peace of the mountains.

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    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017

    Who The Hell Killed the Light Off?

    August 2, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012 /

    A light rain covers a lonely car. A women, inside, is waiting for somebody that might never come.

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    Is The Sky Falling On Their Heads?

    August 1, 2013

    Absence in Three Acts

    May 21, 2015

    Hard Choice In Quai de la Corse

    March 21, 2014
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