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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

    January 14, 2013 /

    Some photographs do not simply depict a scene; they whisper about the inevitability of time. This image — a weathered wall plastered with torn layers of posters — is a meditation on memory and impermanence. At its heart is the fragmented portrait of a man, likely once an emblem of style or aspiration, now fading beneath the relentless work of sun, rain, and neglect. Around him cluster obituaries, each a stark, matter-of-fact record of a life lived and now concluded. Together, they form a quiet but profound juxtaposition: the glamour of an image meant to sell an idea, and the final notices marking real human departures. Compositionally, the frame is…

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    A Kiss In The Shade

    March 17, 2013

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014

    Processing a DSLR Digitised Black and White Film with Affinity Photo

    January 24, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The Unintended March

    January 13, 2013 /

    Strangers walk at the same pace

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    An Essay in Composition

    October 11, 2017

    Yellow

    December 15, 2014

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    PizzaPizza

    January 12, 2013 /

    I want a pizza!

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    5 frames with a Voigtländer Bessa R2, a Nokton 35/1,4 and a roll of an expired Kodak Portra 160

    July 11, 2024

    Just Another Times Square View

    July 9, 2014

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013 /

    Should I Buy It?

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    Pensive

    February 26, 2021

    Becoming a Human Tripod

    January 9, 2017

    The Drying Machine

    November 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013 /

    This frame was one of those taken on instinct—no tripod, no second thoughts, just a camera pointed through a pane of glass and a question forming even before I pressed the shutter: which one is the mannequin? The scene unfolds in a boutique window and interior where light, reflection, and posture blur the lines between display and presence. The mannequin on the right is dressed in earth tones, her boots absurdly plush, almost cartoonish. She’s poised with deliberate stillness, sculpted as expected. But it’s the figure just beyond her, partially obscured, that catches the eye. Upright, still, backlit—almost mimicking her. You could pass by and assume they’re both props, frozen…

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    Italian Track&Field Championship 2018 – The reportage

    September 12, 2018

    The Referees

    June 6, 2013

    A Young Sailor in Open Sea

    August 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Mind Your Business…

    January 9, 2013 /

    Paths that shall never cross.

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    A Focused (or Sad) Violinist

    December 17, 2016

    Carabinieri:To Serve And Protect

    February 8, 2016

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Volley Female Team – Laura Giombini, Giulia Toti

    October 17, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Busy

    January 8, 2013 /

    Busy, taking her time…

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    Carabinieri in Milan

    January 28, 2014

    Gary O’ Toole

    July 15, 2017

    The Silent Geometry of a Trabocco

    December 22, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Modern Times

    January 6, 2013 /

    A man walks through a square as ever did, and ever will. In the meantime, the world changes.

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    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016

    A ghostly bystander

    September 21, 2013

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    ChitChat in a sunny day

    January 4, 2013 /

    I saw the two of them before I saw the light. They were already locked in conversation — not animated, but steady, the kind that only happens between people who’ve known each other for years. One leans back, hands in pockets, the other gesturing mid-sentence. Nothing theatrical, no drama. Just the architecture of ordinary talk. What made me lift the camera wasn’t them alone — it was the composition the shadows drew around them. The tree, out of frame, cast itself perfectly on the metal shutter behind. Two vertical lines from the trunk, branches spreading just above the heads. A stage set by sunlight. Geometry by accident. Technically, the exposure…

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    Antonio Onorato

    August 20, 2016

    A Spanish Long Jumper

    September 11, 2022

    Carl Zeiss Ultron 50/1,8 and Pentax K1 – An Empirical Field Test

    February 11, 2026
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Purple Haze

    January 3, 2013 /

    Early on a winter morning a purple haze…

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    Ray-Ban in Milan

    October 5, 2015

    The Audience (Not a Rock Concert, Indeed)

    September 23, 2013

    Good Plan, Poor Execution

    December 15, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Out for a ride…

    January 2, 2013 /

    The light was brittle—thin, like the quiet that hangs in the streets after a long, noisy night. New Year’s celebrations had just emptied out, leaving behind a silence filled with expectation and leftover firecracker smoke. I didn’t plan this frame; I was out walking off the heaviness of the night before, camera slung under my coat, when I caught this rider coasting through the city’s near-emptiness. What struck me was the sheer casualness of it. No drama, no destination, just movement. The world still had the sleep in its eyes. The bike and rider sliced through the morning like punctuation—bare, direct. Technically, the exposure leaned toward the soft end. Shadows…

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    5 frames exploring the Sporting Gun Culture in Italy

    April 15, 2025

    Will The iPhone Kill Traditional Cameras? Not Very

    October 15, 2019

    RedLight

    November 6, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Silent Among Many Voices

    January 1, 2013 /

    This photograph was taken inside a crowded bar, late afternoon, just as daylight began surrendering to the low amber of early evening. It was a warm space, socially speaking—laughter, conversation, the usual clatter of espresso cups and cutlery—but this particular moment stood out for its subtle, emotional dissonance. In the foreground, a young man leans against the table, eyes lowered, expression withdrawn. He’s physically close to others, yet mentally and emotionally absent from the shared space. That’s the tension I was drawn to: proximity without connection. The glass chair’s curvature frames him in a way that feels almost isolating, like a barrier—not physical, but psychological. From a compositional standpoint, I…

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    Bulbs

    January 12, 2015

    Hands of a Steward

    November 22, 2019

    Has Street-Photography a limit?

    December 19, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Different Paths

    December 26, 2012 /

    Street photography has always fascinated me for its ability to compress fleeting moments into enduring visual narratives. In this image, taken on what appears to be a damp, overcast day, the photographer captures two figures heading in opposite directions — a man in the foreground walking towards the camera, his orange cap vivid against the muted palette, and a woman in the distance holding a bright orange umbrella. The composition cleverly plays on symmetry and divergence. While the subjects are positioned on opposite sides of the frame, they are visually connected through the repetition of colour — the cap and the umbrella forming two points of chromatic emphasis that immediately…

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    The Fisherman’s Knots

    February 11, 2014

    Tough Enough

    August 7, 2019

    A Panorama

    December 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    A solitary journey

    December 24, 2012 /

    A man just comes back from a solitary journey into the snow. He’s already missing the peace of the mountains.

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    Busker and Covid-19

    January 26, 2021

    Windows XVIII … Century

    February 27, 2014

    A Fountain’s Jet

    April 12, 2021
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