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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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    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013

    No Tablet, No Problem

    April 12, 2013

    What an Elegant Chocolatier!

    January 6, 2014
  • 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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    Milan

    March 19, 2015

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

    September 1, 2017

    A Young Sailor in Open Sea

    August 11, 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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    Why You Should Only Shoot in Your Backyard (or ‘The Art of Belonging’)

    December 19, 2024

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014

    Das Feuerwehr

    April 17, 2018
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    A Master Luthier in his lab…

    May 14, 2013 /

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    None of Your Business

    October 2, 2013

    When the Tide Recedes

    December 8, 2013

    Home on the Range

    May 17, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013 /

    To seat or no to seat?

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    Disagreement

    December 29, 2012

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Handball Female Team (and a primer on sport photography, part 3)

    September 30, 2015

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Wrestling, Italy vs France (And a primer on sport photography – Part 5)

    October 9, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013 /

    Guess who’s Porthos?

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    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013

    A Rusted Window

    September 11, 2014

    Out of Focus, again

    October 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The Icecream is ready to be served

    May 8, 2013 /

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    The Godfather

    July 23, 2014

    A Dislodged Portal

    December 15, 2018

    Friendship is Forever

    March 6, 2014
  • 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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    Under the Heat Of Rome…

    June 26, 2018

    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018

    My First Shot (With Purpose)

    December 22, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares

    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013 /

    No News, Good News.

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    Action! (beware of Fuji X-Pro 2)

    February 2, 2016

    The Unintended March

    January 13, 2013

    An Old Boxing Gym

    February 22, 2016
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Fashionable’s shots

    May 3, 2013 /

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    Has Street-Photography a limit?

    December 19, 2012

    The Observer

    November 30, 2013

    Up Where the World Unfolds

    November 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences

    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013 /

    When craftmanship meets art.

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    Pavement

    November 16, 2014

    An Off Duty Anchor

    September 21, 2014

    Late Afternoon Workers

    December 23, 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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    Boat Maintenance At Genova’s Porto Antico

    July 30, 2014

    Portraits From Nagoro, the Scarecrows’ Village

    December 25, 2025

    Urban Scavenger

    June 28, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Rest on the lake

    April 29, 2013 /

    enjoying some fruit.

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    When Heroes Come to Town

    April 17, 2019

    DSLR film scanning: episode three

    January 24, 2023

    Forgotten Bike In A Forgotten House

    April 3, 2013
  • 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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    Argument on the Range

    November 7, 2016

    An Antique Shop in via Cadorna

    December 10, 2023

    Silver Pottery

    November 4, 2014
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Segway Chase in Villa Borghese

    April 27, 2013 /

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    The Commuter

    July 24, 2017

    Mario Asks for it!

    April 9, 2014

    A Quiet Evening

    June 26, 2013
  • 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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    Off Duty

    September 4, 2015

    Fujifilm X-T3 Video Cheat Sheet

    September 5, 2021

    Ceci N’Est Pas Une Junior (or, Cognitive Dissonance – Part Two)

    December 12, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  People

    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013 /

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    Waiting For The Patrons – 2

    June 19, 2015

    Nagoya’s reportage featured in The Good Life

    October 29, 2020

    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017
  • 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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    Feuer

    July 10, 2021

    StreetPizza@Ueno Park

    August 4, 2018

    Shooting Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)-like Events

    August 15, 2024
  • 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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    Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens

    August 22, 2024

    Stylemaster

    August 22, 2014

    Hidden in Plain Sight. A Japanese Journey

    August 3, 2023
  • 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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    So Long, Eos-M

    January 17, 2014

    A Fence

    November 6, 2014

    Caught In The Act… Almost

    October 4, 2018
  • 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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    And Justice For All

    May 15, 2015

    A Missed Pricetag?

    January 29, 2013

    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013 /

    … not sure.

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    Portfolio

    February 24, 2014

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014

    Just A Bird

    July 1, 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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    Cognitive Dissonance

    December 5, 2025

    Just a Bench (or a Sacrificial Altar?)

    January 11, 2017

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 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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    Roman Break

    April 21, 2013

    Spectrum

    March 12, 2017

    Parachute

    September 14, 2013
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