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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Visual

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014 /

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    The Day of the Zombies

    October 23, 2016

    Trial Docks Waiting for the Justice to Come

    April 21, 2015

    Fujifilm XF 100-400: a quick test

    January 12, 2018
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Portrait of Keyboard Player

    May 18, 2014 /

    He had just finished a piece when I took the shot. Head tilted, hand still resting on the keys, that slight smirk not forced but earned. This wasn’t posed—it was a breath between moments, a performer halfway out of character and halfway into self-awareness. The ambient energy of the room still swirled around him—soft voices, chairs moving, blurred motion in the background—but he held still. I composed tight to emphasise the contrast between stillness and motion. The background drags slightly, figures abstracted by a slower shutter speed, but the face and fingers are crisp—anchoring the shot where it needs to be. The lighting was mixed: tungsten overhead, cooler light from…

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    Silhouettes@Osaka Castle

    June 12, 2018

    Behind the Glass

    April 4, 2015

    Careful With That Bike, Eugene!

    July 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  Spring

    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014 /

    I made this photograph in a small corner where a public fountain once served a purpose. Now it stands fenced in by corrugated metal sheeting, isolated, its basin removed, its function suspended. The graffiti—“un po’ di panna”—is not aggressive. It reads more like a private joke left in public space, a whisper rather than a shout. That small phrase is what drew my eye first. It adds a voice to an object that has otherwise been silenced. The metal barrier creates an accidental stage. Its vertical ridges repeat across the background, directing the gaze inward toward the fountain. The pink stone base, stained and unevenly worn, introduces texture and a…

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    Springtime

    April 23, 2015

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 1

    June 25, 2017

    The Lost Church

    July 16, 2014
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014 /

    I took this photo because it stopped me mid-step. A banal object — a crushed Coca-Cola can — pierced on a historic stone spike, suspended in defiance or perhaps pure indifference. The tension between the industrial red cylinder and the worn, centuries-old limestone was too stark to ignore. The composition leaned heavily on perspective and focus. I shot wide open, letting the background melt into soft abstraction, just enough to hint at an ancient setting without overpowering the main subject. I tilted the frame slightly to echo the absurd balance of the can, breaking away from textbook horizontality to embrace the odd equilibrium of the scene. Exposure was critical. I…

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    Silver Pottery

    November 4, 2014

    The Photo I Didn’t Shoot

    June 8, 2013

    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Between Two Sets

    May 15, 2014 /

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    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013

    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013

    A Fisherman in Rome

    November 1, 2013
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014 /

    In a usually busy day, the bomberos enjoy a moment of relax.

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    Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Solo (feat. Michele Di Toro) – Live@Florian Espace Pescara

    March 8, 2016

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014

    Bicycle

    February 2, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  People,  Spring

    The New Church

    May 13, 2014 /

    In the XXIth Century, a new church grows, to satisfy old needs.

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    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014

    Happy New Year

    January 1, 2017
  • Airport,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Travels

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014 /

    Airports are temples of waiting. They strip away the illusion of control, leaving travellers suspended in time between one place and another. In that in-between, people invent ways to cope. Here, in a lounge of muted reds and glassy daylight, a man folds himself into a private space. One leg drawn up, back curved, cap pulled low, he cradles a tablet as if it were a small book or a talisman. His fingers rest lightly on it, not tapping, not scrolling—just holding. The surrounding noise and movement dissolve in his stillness. This is meditation for the digital age. Not in a forest clearing or a candlelit room, but in an…

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    Spectrum

    March 12, 2017

    Alone

    December 31, 2017

    Fisherman’s Friend

    January 10, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear

    60×40 Borderless Printing with a HP Z3200ps 24

    May 11, 2014 /

    Printing a 60by40cm image on a A1 roll (61cm wide) should be a pretty straightforward task: well, not on a printer like the HP Z3200. To cut the story, here are the settings: set your image landscape, and size it 60 by 40 cm, set your CANVAS size to 61,8 by 41 cm with a white background (highlighted in red, in the picture) so that the final image size is, indeed, 61,8 by 41, In the Print Settings menu select the Paper Size option and set a custom page size of 61 by 40,5, Again, in the Print Settings menu select the Margins/Layout menu and check the  Borderless radio button,…

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    Wasubot. A Stiff Organ Player@Tsukuba

    June 21, 2018

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019

    Lamp

    April 2, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014 /

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    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013

    Everything is ready for the service

    July 2, 2013

    Not Sure I Would Like The Feel

    November 22, 2014
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Rome,  Spring

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014 /

    Escher’s Relativity inspired these shots.

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    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013

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

    April 4, 2025

    Surreal Judo

    December 11, 2016
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Spring

    Falling Tree

    May 8, 2014 /

    Again, an impossible perspective…

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    Italian Stardust

    April 6, 2015

    Roots On The Roof

    September 6, 2015

    Via Collina, Empty, From Above

    September 13, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    WTF Are They Looking At?

    May 7, 2014 /

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    Nightlife in Bruxelles

    June 27, 2014
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    A stupid quarrell

    April 7, 2013

    The Eye

    April 25, 2014
  • 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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    Stantsted Lounge’s Chairs

    December 31, 2013

    Labour Spilling Into Transit Time

    December 30, 2025

    Mind The Step

    August 28, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape

    For Sale

    May 5, 2014 /

    Long gone is the time when people loved to live in the countryside

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    Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test

    January 18, 2025

    Silent Among Many Voices

    January 1, 2013

    So what?

    April 9, 2013
  • B&W

    Protected: Black&White

    May 4, 2014 /

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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    The Referees

    June 6, 2013

    The Worst Moment to Fix a Shoe’s Problem

    April 14, 2013

    Sunny Afternoon

    January 22, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Spring

    Portrait of a young guitar player

    May 4, 2014 /

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    Bus Driver

    September 16, 2016

    AI or not AI?

    October 3, 2023

    Genta Fukue live@Sakura Terrace – Kyoto

    June 22, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of a (former) bike champion

    May 3, 2014 /

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    Purple Haze

    January 3, 2013

    Streetlight Duet

    June 30, 2014

    Urgent Calls Only

    May 15, 2017
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014 /

    Midnight still has to come. But in Bruxelles even ghosts wake up early… The air was damp, the pavement glistening faintly under the sodium lamps. I wasn’t chasing a scene — only watching light. Then someone walked through the frame, absorbed in their own path, and the moment shaped itself. The passer-by moved too quickly for the shutter speed I’d set. At first, I thought I’d lost the shot. Then, reviewing it, I realised that the blur was the picture — motion distilled into presence. The figure became anonymous, spectral, more gesture than person. It summed up urban life in that hour: everyone moving, no one quite seen.

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    TicTacToe

    September 1, 2014

    A Priest Walking Through the Graffiti Streets

    October 19, 2019

    The Last Puff, Before the Kitchen Opens

    March 6, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Photography,  Spring,  Visual,  WideAngle

    Noon on the Beach

    May 1, 2014 /

    this image hinges on simplicity and distortion. The sun was directly overhead, leaving the shadow of the pole as a near-perfect sundial, slicing the centre of the frame from bottom to vanishing point. That shadow was the whole reason to shoot: absolute verticality rendered into graphic contrast on a near-featureless plane. The lens dictates the structure. At 16mm, lines bow. The horizon curves. Perspective exaggerates. I leaned into it—there’s no attempt to correct distortion in post. The intention was not to imitate a rectilinear frame, but to emphasise space as abstraction. The beach becomes a sphere, the sky a ceiling, and the tiny trace of buildings at the perimeter only…

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    The Traveler’s Dilemma: Where To?

    October 21, 2023

    A Two-Masted Schooner

    October 25, 2014

    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Spring

    Ninja-Turtles?

    April 30, 2014 /

    I couldn’t help but smile when I saw this line of turtles perched neatly along the log, each one angled just so to catch the warmth of the midday sun. It’s a scene that strips away the pop culture fantasy of katana-wielding reptiles and replaces it with something far more universal — the quiet pleasure of simply doing nothing. From a compositional standpoint, I did well to let the log form a natural leading line, drawing the viewer’s eye from the cluster on the left to the stragglers on the right. The surrounding foliage frames the scene nicely, adding depth and a touch of chaos to balance the orderly arrangement…

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    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013

    Did You Forget Something?

    October 3, 2016

    Out-of-Focus Once Again

    February 28, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    Urban Totem

    April 29, 2014 /

    Once upon a time, a totem helped the soul to get in touch with gods. Nowadays it helps the stomach to be fed.

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    Merleria Livia

    February 14, 2015

    A Ryanair Aircraft

    August 21, 2018

    Ready For Lunch

    November 1, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  WideAngle

    Horizon Bending, Again

    April 28, 2014 /

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    The Fisherman’s Knots

    February 11, 2014

    Earbuds

    December 22, 2015

    Early Leave at Bruxelles-Midi

    March 23, 2014
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  WideAngle

    Red Wine Makes Good Blood…

    April 27, 2014 /

    I made this image at the end of a long lunch — the kind where conversation lingers long after the plates are cleared, and the table becomes less of a place to eat and more a canvas of what just happened. The residue of red wine had bled into the paper surface, leaving behind those familiar circular stains — not accidental, not staged, just there. And I leaned in, glass still in hand, and shot. Technically, this is an exercise in distortion and proximity. I used a wide lens, close focus, and a shallow depth of field. The resulting visual field is warped, but purposefully. You can see the sweep…

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    An Old Portable Camera

    October 14, 2014

    Italy, Street-Photography and The Law – A Real Case

    October 3, 2014

    Street Food in Via Salaria

    March 13, 2014
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