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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013 /

    … which one is best?

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    A Droplet

    February 21, 2021

    Behind a Shop Window in Oslo

    October 1, 2014

    An urgent phone call?

    December 15, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The sentinel…

    March 8, 2013 /

    … hawkeye!

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    Pensive

    November 28, 2014

    Just Another Piccadilly Circus’ View

    September 20, 2016

    Out-of-Focus

    September 24, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Bored

    March 7, 2013 /

    … why go to dinner together, just to enjoy a boring night?

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    Square One

    June 17, 2014

    The Silent Listeners

    December 27, 2013

    Orange Scarf

    November 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    None of my business…

    March 3, 2013 /

    Two local police agents try to block an African guy because of the CD he was supposedly selling. But this is none of our business…

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    Behind the Beer

    December 26, 2013

    The Crew’s Rest

    July 20, 2014

    Alone

    December 31, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Enough…

    March 2, 2013 /

    The man in the blue windbreaker is not just leaning on a railing — he’s leaning on a lifetime. I caught him mid-pause, his posture tilted forward yet anchored, as if he had been running but something — or perhaps nothing — made him stop. Behind him, others drift along the walkway, anonymous shapes in dark jackets, contrasting with his bright, almost defiant blue. Compositionally, I wanted the railing to serve as a visual guide, leading the viewer’s eye from the man into the horizon, creating a kind of bridge not just in space but in thought. The diagonal sweep of the barrier, with its graffiti and padlocks, speaks of…

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    Last Check Before The Show

    July 21, 2014

    The Long Way Up

    March 25, 2013

    Ultras

    July 20, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013 /

    Trying to run faster than its shadow.

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    Supporter or Photographer?

    March 21, 2013

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024

    Learning to Fly

    August 23, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Who’s Carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013 /

    When I spotted the man hauling this enormous red buoy, I didn’t hesitate. The irony was irresistible—a question of balance, effort, absurdity, and metaphor all in one frame. The netted lines clinging to his shoulders mirrored the posture of a beast of burden, and yet the visual punchline lands clearly: who’s really pulling whom? I shot from above, not just for vantage but to strip away all unnecessary background clutter. By doing so, I let the geometry speak. The diagonal created by the rope lines contrasts with the rigid, blocky paving and soft curve of the buoy. It’s a clean visual split, but not sterile. There’s dirt, grit, marks of…

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    For Sale

    May 5, 2014

    Portrait of a Perinatal Cardiologist

    July 11, 2014

    The Relentless Lawyer

    February 6, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A videographer…

    February 27, 2013 /

    … or a human sundial?

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    The Pulse Of The Town

    October 17, 2014

    Though Choice

    June 23, 2014

    Max Gazzè Tour 2016 Live @Pescara

    February 1, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    What a odd couple of bipedals…

    February 26, 2013 /

    told himself the seagull.

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    Why a Longterm Relationship (with your camera) Makes You Feel Good

    March 26, 2025

    Audience

    February 20, 2014

    Kite Surfing, Again

    February 19, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The Real Street Photographer: Bold and Fearless

    February 25, 2013 /

    I was walking along the seafront when this little scene unfolded: two women, a dachshund, and a child armed with a compact camera. No hesitation, no awkwardness — he simply stepped into the moment and claimed it, directing his subjects with the quiet authority only the very young can get away with. It was pure, unfiltered street photography, stripped of the adult self-consciousness that so often blunts spontaneity. Technically, the light was harsh, the midday sun cutting strong shadows across the paving and lending the image a slightly brittle feel. The Leica M9, with its CCD sensor, tends to emphasise contrast in such conditions, and here it works in my…

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    Rest under a tree

    May 31, 2013

    Leo Gullotta – Bartleby lo scrivano@Teatro Marrucino

    March 15, 2022

    Waiting for the goal

    April 28, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A promenade

    February 24, 2013 /

    … in a forbidden place.

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    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015

    Unattainable 1:1 magnification with the JJC FDA S-1 and Micro Nikkor 60 2,8

    January 29, 2023

    Guess who’s happier?

    May 27, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A moment of break…

    February 22, 2013 /

    I made this image at a street market in central Italy, just as the vendors were preparing for the day ahead. It was early, cold, and the air smelled of roasted chestnuts and diesel from delivery vans. These two stood silently, each holding a small cup—likely coffee—while surrounded by synthetic softness still wrapped in plastic. Quilts, towels, fleece. The kind of items whose colour is always a little too bright under cloudy skies. Technically, the shot is far from pristine. It’s handheld, slightly out of focus at the edges, and not particularly well exposed. But I’m not sorry. What it lacks in clinical sharpness it gains in truth. This wasn’t…

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    5 frames with a Kiev 60, a Volna 80/2,8 and a Ferrania Orto

    June 28, 2024

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013

    The Leica M9 CCDgate Outrageous Case

    December 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    No time for lunch at Piazza Fiume …

    February 20, 2013 /

    It was the shadow that pulled me in first—mine, cast sharply onto the boot of the car, creeping into the scene like an unwanted narrator. Midday sun can be harsh, unforgiving, but here it helped slice the moment cleanly into layers: man, car, street, façade. Rome, in its winter light, does this beautifully—sculpts with sun rather than bathing in it. The man was absorbed, cigarette in one hand, eyes squinting into the curbside distance. His posture wasn’t idle. It was tight, waiting. The shoulder bag pulled across his frame like a restraint. The frame itself is compressed—everything close, tight to the lens, from the Mercedes emblem to the man’s jacket…

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    Guest Are Welcome!

    December 1, 2014

    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023

    The Solitude of Power

    May 6, 2018
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Street Photography

    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013 /

    There’s an almost cinematic eeriness to this image, as if the subject has just stepped out of one reality and into another. The woman, her red hair catching the muted afternoon light, stands mid-pavement with her back partially turned. Her black gloves, long coat, and still posture evoke a figure from another era — an apparition caught in a modern street. The muted colours of the cars and buildings behind her only serve to make her presence more striking. From a compositional standpoint, the frame is well balanced. The subject occupies the vertical centre-left, her figure breaking the dominant horizontals of the street and architecture. The crossing lines of the…

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    The Boat That Never Left

    September 26, 2019

    Bicycle

    February 2, 2015

    Different Financial Transactions

    November 3, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Hard work

    February 13, 2013 /

    I took this photograph on a blisteringly hot summer day, the sort of day when the air seems to shimmer and the beach hums with the sounds of leisure — waves, laughter, and the distant hum of radios. But while most people lounged under neat rows of parasols, there was this man, moving with quiet determination, his back to the sea. The scene was visually irresistible: the repeating pattern of red and orange parasols receding into the distance, the bright blue rescue boat and the vivid plastic sunshades forming an almost painterly composition. The man, central in the frame, breaks the symmetry. His white shirt catches the light, contrasting sharply…

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    A Sad Cat in a Neko Cafè

    August 5, 2018

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014

    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013 /

    …

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    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016

    A jam in via Alessandria

    December 8, 2023

    Bored

    March 7, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Markets,  Street Photography,  Winter

    Head-Dresser

    February 11, 2013 /

    A market stall at first glance, and yet, a surreal composition unfolds. Plastic mannequin heads rise from wooden sticks, lined up with aloof dignity, each adorned with scarves and hats meant to lure the hurried passer-by. They stare silently into space, held aloft like modern-day trophies, eerily anthropomorphic yet stubbornly artificial. The display isn’t just for commerce—it’s unintentional theatre. The pun in the title Head-dresser plays cleverly on the expected hairdresser. But instead of grooming the living, this stall ‘dresses’ the disembodied, the ornamental. These mannequins are not being styled—they are the style, repurposed vessels for fashion’s utilitarian need. And to the side, a woman walks past in winter garb, seemingly unaware of…

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    Interpreti Veneziani – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Live@San Vidal

    September 1, 2017

    The Bodyguard in Red

    April 13, 2014

    Shooting Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing) Bouts

    June 26, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Restaurants&Bar,  Street Photography

    Multitasking

    February 10, 2013 /

    This frame is one of those candid catches where the absurd quietly sits inside the ordinary. Two men, mid-meal, are absorbed in their respective worlds: the one in the centre toggling between a phone call and a glass of wine, the other leaning forward in conversation. The table is cluttered with the civilised chaos of lunch — sparkling water, empty glasses awaiting purpose, a scattering of breadsticks. The composition is built almost like a play: the seated figures as protagonists, the window behind them acting as both set and light source. That window, however, is a double-edged sword. The strong backlight pushed the dynamic range to its limit, forcing me…

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    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013

    Fast Call

    December 28, 2013

    A jam in via Alessandria

    December 8, 2023
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Street Photography

    The Businessman…

    February 9, 2013 /

    Restless, waiting for the last flight to come back home.

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    Creativity vs Originality

    March 11, 2024

    Shooting Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)-like Events

    August 15, 2024

    Floating

    October 7, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Thoughts

    Kudos to Ricoh

    February 8, 2013 /

    I lost the external plastic ring covering the electronic contacts of my Ricoh GR Digital III. After an unsuccessful quest around the Net to find a spare part, as last hope (or desperate move) I sent a mail to Ricoh customer support asking where to find a replacement. To my enormous surprise, they answered fast and, since the part is not for sale as such, they offered to send it nevertheless. THIS is customer care. Kudos to you, Ricoh. You gained a customer and a supporter.

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    A solitary journey

    December 24, 2012

    Frames for Sale at Via Margutta

    May 2, 2016

    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Who dares…

    February 7, 2013 /

    … wins (for the non-English speakers, the sign says: “Danger: crossing, jumping, trespassing forbidden”)

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    A Fujifilm X-E1 Annoyance

    April 15, 2014

    PizzaPizza

    January 12, 2013

    Forgotten Bike In A Forgotten House

    April 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Impatience

    February 6, 2013 /

    In a hurry, while somebody else is late…

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    Late Afternoon Workers

    December 23, 2013

    Accidental Precision

    February 12, 2016

    The Crew’s Rest

    July 20, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Generations

    February 5, 2013 /

    Generation after generation, the passion for the photography always lasts.

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    The Coffin

    December 12, 2015

    The First Picture of the Year

    January 5, 2019

    Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI

    July 13, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Opposites

    February 3, 2013 /

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    May 29, 2025

    Slow Walk at Mulberry St.

    January 16, 2014

    Off Duty

    September 4, 2015
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