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  • Daily photo,  Portfolio,  Street Photography,  Travels,  Urban Landscape

    Hidden in Plain Sight. A Japanese Journey

    August 3, 2023 /

    Although I have a lot of pictures from my various trips to Japan, organising them into a book is a challenge. The photos themselves are good enough to deserve publication. However, most of them are affected by a ‘déjà-vu’ effect. People on the subway, crowded crossroads, striking contrasts between modernity and the past, or between rural areas and highly urbanised ones, pop culture vs. business culture… no matter how hard I try, every single photo gives the feeling that someone has already done it. I am neither an anthropologist nor an expert on Japanese society, so I have no reasonable explanation for this feeling. Perhaps it is simply a matter…

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    Andrea Monti

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    A Standup Paddleboarder

    August 25, 2014

    The Ubiquitous Mobile

    July 14, 2016

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014
  • Autumn,  Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The Compelling Power of Photography

    September 22, 2022 /

    This is a picture taken while a storm was coming. The wind was expected to blow at about 80 km-per-hour. It turned the sand into a myriad of micro-bullets, pricking all exposed body parts and filling the lungs. Nonetheless, a man took his chance, went to the shore and shot a picture with his smartphone. He is no professional, nor had a particular reason to do that. He just wanted to freeze a moment. This is the power of photography. p.s. Pentax K II and the DA* 50-135 2,8 went through the sandstorm brilliantly and survived without consequences.

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    A Single(‘s) Call

    September 24, 2016

    The Gas Station Attendant

    November 11, 2013

    Panoramio’s 200th photo

    February 4, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Three Lamps

    September 19, 2022 /

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    Nittele Tower

    April 25, 2022

    Processing a DSLR Digitised Black and White Film with Affinity Photo

    January 24, 2023

    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015
  • Autumn,  Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography

    Not AI-made…

    September 17, 2022 /

    The colour rendition of a photo taken with a Pentax (camera and lens) is unique. Taste is personal, and so is this opinion. One thing, however, is sure: the pictorial look of this photography is not made by an ‘AI’.

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    Superpila still rides…

    December 10, 2018

    Evolution in Red

    November 20, 2019

    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Spring

    Posing

    June 17, 2022 /

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    The Chess Players

    October 10, 2013

    DxO Pure Raw empirical test

    November 22, 2022

    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Spring,  Visual

    Three Tires

    May 18, 2022 /

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    Breakfast at Rue Brisemiche

    March 25, 2014

    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019

    The Bystander

    February 5, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  People,  Winter

    So Long, and Thank You for the Fish

    January 26, 2022 /

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    Head-Dresser

    February 11, 2013

    Damned Pidgeons…

    October 8, 2017

    Ugo Pagliai – Romeo e Giulietta@Teatro Marrucino

    March 29, 2022
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Beach Party

    January 22, 2022 /

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    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014

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    December 28, 2019

    Strolling in Stockholm

    July 4, 2016
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Winter

    Gliding Away

    December 21, 2021 /

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    Enough…

    March 2, 2013

    Yellow

    December 15, 2014

    Different Financial Transactions

    November 3, 2016
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Winter

    Waiting for the Fish

    December 18, 2021 /

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    The Stare of a T800

    August 4, 2015

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    January 7, 2013

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

    December 19, 2024
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Winter

    Should I Seat?

    December 15, 2021 /

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    5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)

    June 20, 2024

    Are you Sure?

    July 9, 2015

    The Siamese Boats

    June 1, 2014
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Winter

    Landing

    December 4, 2021 /

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    Frames for Sale at Via Margutta

    May 2, 2016

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    June 18, 2013

    Histoire d’O

    November 11, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Man in Trenchcoat

    November 20, 2021 /

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    Staring At The Infinite

    August 22, 2013

    The Silent Listeners

    December 27, 2013

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    July 24, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Burnt

    November 12, 2021 /

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    Red Tears

    June 7, 2013

    Photopanning in Rome

    December 3, 2019

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    December 21, 2013
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Fancy a beer?

    November 3, 2021 /

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    December 6, 2015

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    February 21, 2022

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    April 30, 2013

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