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  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Nightlife

    June 20, 2013 /

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    Hurry up and shut down the $%&? call!

    March 1, 2014

    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016

    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Summer

    Alone, Together…

    June 19, 2013 /

    Are they friends, or do they just share the table?

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    Trento, After Dark

    June 23, 2013

    The Doorman

    September 1, 2013

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

    September 1, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013 /

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    An illuminated escape path will help you to reach the exits …

    November 10, 2013

    Hard Spam

    April 1, 2013

    Questioning the Referee

    October 8, 2023
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Projects

    Coffee Doesn’t Need a Table. It Needs a Moment

    June 17, 2013 /

    I didn’t need to wait for this shot to compose itself—it already had. The empty espresso cup, still fresh with crema residue, sat on the curve of the car roof like it belonged there. No fuss, no coaster, just placed with the kind of instinct that only comes from repetition. Mechanics don’t schedule coffee breaks. They take them where they stand. The car’s soft metallic paint reflected just enough light to form a clean, curved foreground. I used a wide aperture to isolate the cup, letting the background—raised vehicles, industrial stairs, soft chaos—bleed into blur. The contrast between the sharp plastic rim and the defocused scene behind it is where…

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    Diner After the Show

    July 7, 2013

    The Path To Freedom

    September 29, 2014

    Happy New Year

    January 1, 2017
  • 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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    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013

    @Rome Maker Faire – 7. Mobile Rest

    October 23, 2014

    A true friend

    March 29, 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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    Foto-Grafo admitted to the Persol Reflex Edition contest

    April 16, 2013

    Beach in black

    January 5, 2013

    The Real-Life Lens Test Series – Episode 1: Viltrox XF 56/1,4 AF

    June 6, 2024
  • 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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    Open Window

    February 4, 2015

    A Curious Bystander

    December 24, 2013

    Taking-Off

    April 15, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    The Spinners

    June 13, 2013 /

    I want to ride my bycicle…

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    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014

    Out Of Focus, Once More

    October 6, 2014

    Last Check Before the Start

    July 29, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013 /

    From the oven to the the bench…

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    Dress Different

    March 15, 2015

    Three Shots in Franco Summa’s Studio

    August 19, 2026

    Upcoming Call

    June 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    As Time Goes By

    June 11, 2013 /

    Lost in thought, as time goes by…

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    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017

    Peeping the Misery

    September 4, 2013

    An Asian Lion Guarding an Italian Town – One Shot Story

    August 27, 2025
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

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

    June 10, 2013 /

    These frames—made on a Leica M9 with an Elmarit 90/2.8—form a compact essay in concert reportage the labour of musicianship. The 90mm perspective is decisive here. It compresses the space, trims away the audience and the room, and turns performance into a sequence of concentrated gestures: hands, shoulders, the angle of a head, the moment a player listens as much as they play.

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    Three Shots in Franco Summa’s Studio

    August 19, 2026

    Nico Cilli Band Live@Città Sant’Angelo

    October 23, 2013

    The Referees

    June 6, 2013
  • 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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    An illuminated escape path will help you to reach the exits …

    November 10, 2013

    A (Soon) Lost Banner

    November 1, 2018

    A Seagull

    May 10, 2021
  • 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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    Everything is ready for the service

    July 2, 2013

    When the day is gone

    April 4, 2013

    The Stroller

    July 7, 2015
  • 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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    Generations

    February 5, 2013

    A Skull

    August 18, 2015

    Stinky Shoes

    June 3, 2015
  • 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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    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014

    Franco Cerri. The Last Jazz Living Legend

    August 16, 2016

    Rusted Platform

    April 25, 2015
  • 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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    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013

    The Arson

    February 21, 2014

    The Traffic Controller

    November 20, 2013
  • 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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    Footprint

    April 24, 2014

    Stairway to Nothing

    March 9, 2014

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014
  • 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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    Spectrum

    March 12, 2017

    Horizontal

    March 14, 2015

    Street Of New York… Possibly

    March 21, 2017
  • 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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    Turiddu repeals Santuzza

    November 19, 2022

    The Lost Lock

    June 12, 2014

    Antonio Onorato

    August 20, 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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    One Shot Story: Behind the Fence

    January 3, 2025

    Traffic Jam in Rome

    December 14, 2015

    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014
  • 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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    Reasonable Privacy Expectation

    April 17, 2014

    Just Another Piccadilly Circus’ View

    September 20, 2016

    A Mesh

    February 16, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Projects

    What Lasts of Last Summer

    May 30, 2013 /

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    5 Frames with various cameras – Ferrari On The Road(s)

    February 22, 2025

    A Banner

    November 29, 2014

    Comarketing

    October 10, 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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    Careful With That Bike, Eugene!

    July 29, 2013

    Next in line, please!

    October 31, 2013

    The Straycat

    December 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013 /

    What did grab his attention?

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    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013

    Who’s Carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013

    A Two-Masted Schooner

    October 25, 2014
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