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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013 /

    Trying to run faster than its shadow.

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    An Altar for the Propaganda Machine

    November 17, 2013

    Passage Lost

    August 9, 2014

    Coffee at Caffè Nero

    July 16, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Who’s Carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013 /

    When I spotted the man hauling this enormous red buoy, I didn’t hesitate. The irony was irresistible—a question of balance, effort, absurdity, and metaphor all in one frame. The netted lines clinging to his shoulders mirrored the posture of a beast of burden, and yet the visual punchline lands clearly: who’s really pulling whom? I shot from above, not just for vantage but to strip away all unnecessary background clutter. By doing so, I let the geometry speak. The diagonal created by the rope lines contrasts with the rigid, blocky paving and soft curve of the buoy. It’s a clean visual split, but not sterile. There’s dirt, grit, marks of…

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    Caparezza – Live@Palamaggetti Roseto degli Abruzzi

    February 12, 2018

    The Pulse Of The Town

    October 17, 2014

    Bulbs

    January 12, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A videographer…

    February 27, 2013 /

    … or a human sundial?

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    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019

    Luck is an Attitude

    January 25, 2014

    A Smoker

    September 2, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    What a odd couple of bipedals…

    February 26, 2013 /

    told himself the seagull.

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    As much as you’re far from home…

    April 5, 2013

    Stadio Olimpico, seen from Tribuna Monte Mario

    October 1, 2022

    An Attentive Listener

    July 18, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A promenade

    February 24, 2013 /

    … in a forbidden place.

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    A Zeppelin in The New York Sky

    July 2, 2014

    A Lighthouse

    October 11, 2023

    A Japanese Luthier and a Fingerstyle Player from My Home Region (and My Past) – A One shot story

    January 22, 2025
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage

    A lighter

    February 14, 2013 /

    …left for somebody to come, or hidden by someone who just left?

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    Chasing Rainbows on the Open Road

    October 13, 2021

    Waiting for a Future to Tell

    April 18, 2013

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Generations

    February 5, 2013 /

    Generation after generation, the passion for the photography always lasts.

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    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014

    Wrecked Ship

    November 23, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    An Abandoned Book…

    January 28, 2013 /

    When I came across this scene, it struck me immediately as a still-life already composed by chance. There, on the coarse, sun-warmed pavement of a dock, lay a copy of Il Marchese di Villemer, its painted cover portrait staring off to the right with aristocratic detachment. A torn scrap of red foil—perhaps once wrapping for a sweet—sat nearby, an almost absurd counterpoint to the book’s refined image. From a compositional standpoint, the photograph is anchored by the bold horizontal yellow line running across the frame. This not only divides the image but also provides a visual base upon which the book rests. The warm tones of the line complement the…

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    A Smoker

    September 2, 2015

    Just Another Piccadilly Circus’ View

    September 20, 2016

    Pillars

    January 29, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Thoughts

    Yet Another Dawn

    December 30, 2012 /

    Yet Another Dawn Picture. There is a snobbish attitude among “real-photographer” (those tough guys that know all about cameras, lenses, optics, chemistry, physics, hardware, software, journalism, fine-art, landscape, portrait and, finally, Leica – and that barely shot a frame or two once at year) that photo like this one shouldn’t be taken at all. If you need an exposure of a dawn – I’ve read on a website whose link I’ve lost – you’d better go to Google image. I disagree for two reasons: first: shooting is a personal need. If somebody feels like exposing a dawn, a sunset or whatever banal… well that’s matter to him and is none…

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    Just In Case

    June 9, 2014

    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016

    Elishéva live@Faneuil Hall

    July 8, 2023

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