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  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Projects,  Shops

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013 /

    In motorsport, the story is often told on the track—in the blur of speed, the roar of engines, the chase of the apex. But there is another narrative, quieter and equally vital, found in the moments before a car is ready to move again. This photograph of an old Mini Cooper captures that in-between state: the stillness of a machine awaiting service. The perspective is deliberate. We see the car from the rear, centred on the whip antenna and the roofline, framed by the muted geometry of the workshop. Reflections curve across the back glass, warping the ceiling lights into soft arcs—a reminder of the interplay between machine and environment.…

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    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014

    A Bad Experiment

    August 26, 2016

    Waiting for a Future to Tell

    April 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Marketing,  Photography

    Who wants to live forever?

    June 15, 2013 /

    I found this sign in a narrow alley in southern Italy, somewhere between a forgotten tabaccheria and a shuttered photo lab. The kind of place where time no longer hurries. “Kodak films in vendita qui” it proclaims—still, stubbornly, as if refusing to accept the world has moved on. The once-bold red letters are now softened by decades of sun, rain, and indifference. The plastic casings holding each letter—cracked, leaning, imperfect—speak more truth than any marketing slogan ever could. It’s a ghost sign, still selling hope in an age when its promise has nearly vanished. This isn’t just a relic of analogue photography—it’s a whisper of what we thought would last…

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    Through the Fog

    January 5, 2014

    The TelcoMan

    January 26, 2015

    The Street Photographer Dilemma: Film or Digital

    March 21, 2015
  • 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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    Cold Freezing Tour Through Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    Portraits in Skating

    November 30, 2024

    Technological Memento

    June 26, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    The Spinners

    June 13, 2013 /

    I want to ride my bycicle…

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    Selling Italian Ice in Boston

    March 11, 2025

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 4 – Ferrania Solaris 100 – Dec. 2006 shot in August 2023

    September 3, 2023

    Sergey Krylov live@Teatro Marrucino

    February 21, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013 /

    From the oven to the the bench…

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    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013

    Late Afternoon Workers

    December 23, 2013

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    As Time Goes By

    June 11, 2013 /

    Lost in thought, as time goes by…

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    Under the Bridge

    November 6, 2013

    The Long Way Up

    March 25, 2013

    Lost in Another World

    March 17, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Rocco Zifarelli, Jeff Berlin, Beth&Danny Gottlieb, Gabriela Sinagra

    June 10, 2013 /

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    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013

    Waiting For The Elections

    June 24, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Shops,  Thoughts

    Kime in Photography

    June 9, 2013 /

    While I was setting the aperture and the focus zone to shoot from the hip the subjects shifted the position of their heads and I missed the shot. Lesson learned: I decided to take this picture too late. I was aware of the composition a good ten seconds before, but I idled in uncertainty. When I finally resolved myself to shoot, I did everything on a hurry a I missed the shot. I definitely need to develop Kime in photography.

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    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014

    Is This Photo Illegal?

    March 20, 2014

    Stylemaster

    August 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photo Journalism,  Street Photography,  Thoughts

    The Photo I Didn’t Shoot

    June 8, 2013 /

    Every amateur photographer (and maybe a few professionals) has a shot he chose not to fire. In my case it is a brutal knock-out on a Mixed Martial Arts match. As official photographer of the event I was allowed to wander around the venue with no restriction (but jumping on the ring). During the second round I sensed that something was going to happen: the fighters started trading heavy punches at close distance and the temperature of the match raised suddenly hot. The crowd went mad, inciting the two men to hit harder and harder. All of a sudden, a hook at the jaw shut down the light of one…

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    The Hands of a Drummer (Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez)

    April 24, 2013

    The Street Photographer Rights In Italy. The Leaflet

    July 10, 2014

    Visual

    January 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Red Tears

    June 7, 2013 /

    I’ve always been drawn to the small, almost accidental pieces of abstraction that appear in everyday life. This photograph began as nothing more than a patch of painted wall, but the way the red pigment bled into the pale blue beneath was too evocative to ignore. The streaks felt like gravity-made brushstrokes, each drip tracing its own irregular path — a literal record of time and viscosity — and yet, when taken in as a whole, they resembled something far more visceral. Hence the title. Compositionally, I chose a tight, horizontal crop to emphasise the division of the frame into two bold blocks of colour. The hard upper edge of…

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    5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

    March 19, 2025

    Arrested Behind the Door

    March 29, 2015

    A London’s Skyline

    September 13, 2016
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Projects,  Sport

    The Referees

    June 6, 2013 /

    Shot in a break between rounds. Two officials—one in the ring, one just outside—pass the scorecard without a word. The exchange is procedural, yet visually precise. One hand extends up, the other down. The gesture anchors the frame. I placed myself at shoulder height, slightly off centre, to keep the ropes intersecting cleanly across the image. The ring’s horizontal lines break the vertical repetition of the gym’s back wall and audience. Geometry does the work—no crop needed. Lighting was mixed. Industrial overheads with a cold cast, ambient spill from the crowd, spot highlights off the shirts. Monochrome strips it back. No distractions. Just action and structure. ISO 1600 to hold…

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    Foto-Grafo featured on Yanidel.net

    March 20, 2013

    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Projects,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Do Not Touch

    June 5, 2013 /

    The sign was the first thing I saw — handwritten in blue felt-tip, barely taped to the surface: “NON TOCCARE! grazie.”No threat, no fine, just polite instruction. But it said more than warning signs ever could. A gesture of trust. Or desperation. Or both. This old cash register sat alone in the corner of a counter, no longer in use, no longer even fully functional by the look of it. Keys faded, paint chipped, buttons smoothed by time and repetition. It didn’t scream vintage charm — it whispered I’ve seen things. I shot it in available indoor light, pushing the ISO enough to recover the midtones without drowning in noise.…

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    A Priest Walking Through the Graffiti Streets

    October 19, 2019

    A Sad Harley-Davidson

    August 10, 2013

    She Died Alone

    February 15, 2022
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Projects,  Sport

    Cornermen

    June 4, 2013 /

    There’s a rhythm to these images — a quiet, almost ritualistic interlude in a sport otherwise defined by its violence. The corners of a boxing ring are not just places of rest; they are theatres of strategy, whispered advice, and sometimes silent reproach. In each frame, the fighter is turned inward — literally and figuratively — toward those who bear no gloves but shoulder equal weight in the outcome. From a photographic standpoint, these are intimate studies taken from the same vantage point, the ropes acting as both boundary and compositional anchor. The repetition of the ring’s geometry — horizontal ropes, vertical corner post — frames each scene with a…

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    Portrait of a Lawyer

    October 5, 2013

    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014

    Lightspeed

    August 6, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Upcoming Call

    June 3, 2013 /

    A moment inside a café where a man sits alone at a small round table covered with a floral tablecloth. His posture is relaxed, one leg crossed over the other, as he holds a smartphone in his hand and looks toward the large window beside him. The leather jacket and muted colours of his clothing contrast with the warm wooden chairs and patterned fabrics that furnish the interior.

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    A Couple of Windows

    January 5, 2018

    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014

    A Fisherman

    August 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013 /

    A tribute to a brave man. Between rounds, the noise shifts. The roar of the crowd blurs into a muffled hum, replaced by the clipped, urgent tones of a voice you trust more than your own instincts—the cornerman. This photograph holds that moment still. The fighter, bare-chested, gloves resting on the ropes, his breathing heavy but measured, absorbs each word. His eyes, narrowed and locked, aren’t simply looking; they are processing, dissecting, committing to memory. Every bead of sweat on his skin is a testament to the round just fought, every vein and muscle carrying the weight of the one to come. The cornerman leans in, body language sharp with…

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    A Roller Coaster… A Kind Of

    April 3, 2014

    Parallels & Diagonals

    December 21, 2012

    Strolling in Stockholm

    July 4, 2016
  • 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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    Opposites

    February 3, 2013

    The Financial Times at Night

    October 1, 2016

    Rectangles

    March 12, 2015
  • 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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    Old Rolls, Immortal Style

    August 12, 2019

    South Bank’s Ghosts

    October 19, 2016

    Foto-Grafo featured on Yanidel.net

    March 20, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Projects

    What Lasts of Last Summer

    May 30, 2013 /

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    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019

    Matching Nails

    September 18, 2017

    A Bridge

    September 22, 2019
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects

    Spumante (Italian Champagne) ready to fuel the party

    May 29, 2013 /

    There is no better way to do it.

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Beach Wrestlers

    October 21, 2015

    Guarding Democracy

    June 14, 2023

    A Cello Player

    April 24, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013 /

    What did grab his attention?

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    Tiles

    October 31, 2014

    Saturday Night Fight Fever

    October 19, 2025

    A Rusted Window

    September 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    Guess who’s happier?

    May 27, 2013 /

    Easy, isn’t it? The title “Guess Who’s Happier” finds its answer before you even look twice. In the foreground, a man in a bold red Hawaiian shirt strides into frame, caught mid-motion, mid-laugh. He wears a grey fedora, sunglasses, and the loose, unselfconscious energy of someone untouched by the stiffness of the scene around him. His shirt blooms with white hibiscus prints, a quiet rebellion against the asphalt and glass of the urban backdrop. Behind him, to the right, a man in a dark suit and tie steps forward with a deliberate, guarded pace. His expression is unreadable, but the body language is tight, restrained—functional. The suit, the posture, the context…

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    The Soul Of Politics

    July 17, 2014

    Horizon Bending, Again

    April 28, 2014

    Different Life

    June 24, 2016
  • B&W,  Chairs&Seats,  Daily photo,  Projects

    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013 /

    Is this couch a piece of art or just a sitting? Two benches, back-to-back, occupy the precise centre of the frame, their symmetry so exact it becomes almost architectural. The polished wooden floor stretches endlessly in all directions, its warm texture rendered in monochrome tones that transform the scene into a study of lines, surfaces, and repetition. The absence of people only sharpens the sense of stillness, making the furniture itself the protagonist. From a compositional standpoint, the central placement works because the subject’s geometry demands order. The verticals of the bench legs and back supports anchor the frame, while the horizontal lines of the seats echo the floor’s pattern.…

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    Friendship is Forever

    March 6, 2014

    Modern Times

    January 6, 2013

    Lost Bottles

    January 27, 2014
  • 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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    5 frames exploring the Sporting Gun Culture in Italy

    April 15, 2025

    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013

    Different Life

    June 24, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Thoughts

    Too Noisy

    May 24, 2013 /

    A Marching Brass Band rehearsing its performance… maybe too noisy even for daylight time?

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    December 22, 2013

    As Time Goes By

    June 11, 2013

    Das Feuerwehr

    April 17, 2018
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