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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Footprints

    May 19, 2013 /

    is it an oil painting, or is it for real?

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    Justice Under Construction

    March 31, 2015

    Visual

    January 18, 2013

    Do Not Touch

    June 5, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Urban Landscape

    When the parking’s lost

    May 16, 2013 /

    When the parking is lost, there’s only one solution.

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    Love is like a flower

    May 18, 2013

    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024

    Lost In Rembrance

    July 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Just a soccer match…

    May 15, 2013 /

    This is not an upcoming urban riot. Just a soccer match…

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    The BatFire

    April 29, 2016

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013

    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    A Master Luthier in his lab…

    May 14, 2013 /

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    Addicted to (Nintendo) Switch

    July 6, 2017

    Lady Gaga Art Rave

    October 5, 2014

    Mario Asks for it!

    April 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013 /

    To seat or no to seat?

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    FUJIFILM X-T5 RAF have problems with Affinity Photo 2.1

    June 11, 2023

    Daniele Silvestri – Teatri 2022 – Live@Teatro Massimo, Pescara

    December 16, 2022

    Gloves

    October 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013 /

    Guess who’s Porthos?

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    Against the Tide

    January 30, 2014

    W Verdi

    January 29, 2014

    So long and thank you for the fish

    February 6, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The Icecream is ready to be served

    May 8, 2013 /

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    A Couch in the Yard

    November 18, 2013

    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017

    Renovating Milan

    November 18, 2017
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    A chat on a lake shore

    May 6, 2013 /

    Countless photos like that have been shot. But enjoying a good moment together always deserves to be recorded

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    Still Together

    April 20, 2013

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024

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

    February 22, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares

    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013 /

    No News, Good News.

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    Call On The Docks

    August 4, 2014

    Square One

    June 17, 2014

    Same Seats, Different Lifes

    April 14, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Fashionable’s shots

    May 3, 2013 /

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    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021

    Forza Italia

    July 12, 2021

    The last waltz

    January 24, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences

    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013 /

    When craftmanship meets art.

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    Generations – I

    August 6, 2014

    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013

    The last flower

    May 20, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Streets&Squares

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013 /

    less than twenty years have gone, and a telephone boot looks like a relic from the Stone Age.

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    Ashtray

    February 12, 2017

    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013

    Tough Enough

    August 7, 2019
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Rest on the lake

    April 29, 2013 /

    enjoying some fruit.

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    Red Fan

    June 14, 2022

    What’s the Time?

    October 8, 2019

    Hope after the Storm

    January 8, 2020
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Waiting for the goal

    April 28, 2013 /

    Why can’t I enjoy my soccer team’s match instead of wasting my time here? Because my wife loves music…

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    Careful With That Bike, Eugene!

    July 29, 2013

    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016

    A chat on a lake shore

    May 6, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Segway Chase in Villa Borghese

    April 27, 2013 /

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    Fashionable’s shots

    May 3, 2013

    EOS-M. Tips and Results For Street-Photography

    August 9, 2013

    Soldering

    November 8, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage

    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013 /

    Shot the morning after a wet December night, this scene is an unfiltered inventory of what remains once the bodies disperse. Three bottles—two upright, one half-tucked behind an iron gate—stand in for the absent crowd. There’s no music left, no voices, no movement. Just rust, grime, and the fragile persistence of glass. I framed the shot to keep the human presence implied but never visible. The steps lead nowhere, the iron gate is firmly shut, and the graffiti—hastily sprayed in orange—reads only “KR”, ambiguous and unresolved. That felt important. The story here is incomplete by design. It invites conjecture, not clarity. Technically, this is a study in texture. The marble…

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    The Stroller

    July 7, 2015

    A Maserati GranTurismo

    July 15, 2023

    Bikers

    July 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  People

    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013 /

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    Three Shadows

    November 11, 2016

    Norina shouts at Don Pasquale

    December 12, 2022

    Bus Driver

    September 16, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Still Together

    April 20, 2013 /

    Still together, like the very first day. I saw them before they saw me — leaning slightly towards each other, their posture neither rigid nor slouched, but comfortably suspended in the shared gravity of the table between them. The wine glasses, half-filled with rosé, spoke of time already spent; the unopened bottle on the side suggested more still to come. From a compositional standpoint, I worked with the geometry of the setting — the square table, the vertical lines of the wall, and the quiet interruption of the stone column — to anchor the frame. The couple sit on opposite sides, yet the line of sight between them is unbroken,…

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    Get Ready for The Duty

    July 13, 2013

    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016

    Life And Work On A Fishing Boat

    January 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    The missing guest

    April 19, 2013 /

    This image unfolded quietly, almost too politely — three men in jackets and ties sitting at a table clearly set for four. The elegance of the setup, from the pressed tablecloth to the carefully arranged centrepiece, clashes subtly with the anticipation suspended in their posture. Nobody makes eye contact. One reads the menu, the others look downward, pretending focus. The empty chair becomes the central subject without needing to move. Framing was tight on purpose. I let the olive oil bottle in the foreground stand, blurring into obscurity and giving some depth and texture to an otherwise sharply focused core. That slight intrusion also reinforces the perspective: I wasn’t part…

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    Photography and the dangers of ethics

    April 17, 2013

    Very British

    October 29, 2016

    Negrita’s Cover Band

    September 19, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Shops

    Late-afternoon’s snack

    April 15, 2013 /

    …who knows what will be served for dinner?

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    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014

    The Empty Stage

    November 25, 2013

    Intelligence Contest

    April 15, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    An Old-Style ATM

    April 13, 2013 /

    This frame came together in the blink of an eye — or perhaps more accurately, in the blur of one. No carefully plotted composition, no tripod, no second chance. Just a brief exchange at a café counter: a plate extended, a hand offering payment, the warmth of human transaction before contactless cards made it all vanish into invisible transfers. The motion blur here is both the flaw and the essence. Technically speaking, the shutter speed was far too slow for handheld shooting in this kind of lighting, resulting in softness across the entire image. If sharpness were the sole measure of photographic merit, this would be an immediate reject. But…

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    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013

    A creative approach to zone focusing with superfast manual lenses and mirrorless cameras in street photography

    September 28, 2024

    Foto-Grafo admitted to the Persol Reflex Edition contest

    April 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013 /

    … not sure.

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    Pensive

    November 28, 2014

    Generations

    February 5, 2013

    Inside a Lost Building

    February 16, 2014
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The Urban Chase

    April 10, 2013 /

    Not all of the urban chases, involve a couple of Alfa 159 trying to catch an Aston Martin. I shot low to the ground, framing the chase diagonally to emphasise tension. The perspective lines draw the viewer forward, while reflections and shadow gradients anchor the movement. Technically, exposure was demanding: harsh daylight, reflective surfaces, and metallic tones required a slight underexposure to preserve highlights. The result holds texture without burning whites. Compositionally, I favoured asymmetry. The cars don’t sit in comfort; they slice through balance. It’s a study in velocity disguised as stillness. If I could refine it, I’d add micro-contrast in the midtones for depth in asphalt and chrome.…

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    Everything is ready for the service

    July 2, 2013

    Street Food in Via Salaria

    March 13, 2014

    A Dangerous Alley

    May 25, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    So what?

    April 9, 2013 /

    There is a certain energy in candid street photography that cannot be replicated in a controlled setting, and So What?captures it in full stride. This frame offers a slice of urban life in the late afternoon, when the sun hangs low and the streets teem with a mix of idle chatter, cigarette breaks, and casual posturing. The photograph hinges on the central figure—a tall man in sunglasses, cigarette poised mid-gesture—whose slight tilt of the head and half-smirk seem to issue the titular challenge. To his left, another man, hand to face and gaze averted, projects an entirely different mood: contemplative, perhaps guarded. The third figure, seen only from behind, forms…

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    Hey Mister!

    June 25, 2015

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

    March 8, 2016

    Stairway to Hell

    January 9, 2022
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