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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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    Lunch hour geometry

    February 2, 2013

    Yet Another WDISF Post

    May 5, 2024

    The Road To Justice

    August 31, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The Unintended March

    January 13, 2013 /

    Strangers walk at the same pace

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    The Boat That Never Left

    September 26, 2019

    The last flower

    May 20, 2013

    Up Where the World Unfolds

    November 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    PizzaPizza

    January 12, 2013 /

    I want a pizza!

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    A Modern Nazca?

    December 4, 2014

    Gravity on Pause

    September 5, 2025

    Rest on the lake

    April 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013 /

    Should I Buy It?

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    Urban Scavenger

    June 28, 2013

    My First Shot (With Purpose)

    December 22, 2012

    Yet Another WDISF Post

    May 5, 2024
  • 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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    How to Shoot an Handball Match with a Film Camera

    May 25, 2024

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014

    Red Curtains

    August 28, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Mind Your Business…

    January 9, 2013 /

    Paths that shall never cross.

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    The Power of Underexposing

    December 25, 2019

    Shadow On The Wall

    August 30, 2015

    Yet Another Dawn

    December 30, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Busy

    January 8, 2013 /

    Busy, taking her time…

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    Kissaten – One Shot Story

    December 5, 2025

    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013

    The First Picture of the Year

    January 5, 2019
  • 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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    Red Bag, Black Shoes

    November 27, 2014

    Bulbs

    January 12, 2015

    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013
  • 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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    DSLR-like…?

    March 21, 2025

    Roman Break

    April 21, 2013

    A Vessel

    December 18, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Purple Haze

    January 3, 2013 /

    Early on a winter morning a purple haze…

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    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017

    A Three Legged Commuter?

    July 21, 2017
  • 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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    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012

    The Sorcerer

    March 15, 2026

    Final Arrangements Before the Hearing

    April 19, 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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    National Security

    April 4, 2014

    A Relaxed Call

    February 12, 2014

    Life, the Universe and Everything

    July 28, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Late

    December 31, 2012 /

    Late. Again. As ever…

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    What, IMO, Street-Photography Is All About – One Shot Story

    November 9, 2025

    Helios 40-2 85/1,5 and Fuji X-T5: a sample

    June 21, 2023

    An Altar for the Propaganda Machine

    November 17, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Disagreement

    December 29, 2012 /

    When dogs (like that) start yelling at you with no apparent reason, becoming a bum starts being an option…

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    Late Afternoon Workers

    December 23, 2013

    Cold Freezing Tour Through Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    Much Too Short a Ladder

    October 17, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Waiting for the match…

    December 28, 2012 /

    The scene is ordinary, but that’s precisely why I stopped. A teenager in full Givova kit, perched on a cold cement bench in a bare piazza, killing time before football training. A gym bag tagged “Città di Giulianova 1924” anchors the narrative—it tells us this isn’t just a kid hanging out. This is ritual, anticipation, part of the social choreography that surrounds grassroots sport in small Italian towns. Technically, it’s a straightforward frame, handheld and slightly imperfect—edges soft, shadows flat—but that rawness works here. The light is diffused under an overcast sky, producing a muted palette with little contrast. I let the saturation lean just enough to retain the plastic…

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    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018

    A Splash of Colour

    November 13, 2013

    Red Bag, Black Shoes

    November 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The Argument

    December 27, 2012 /

    A fierce debate in a sunny winter day.

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    Passage Lost

    August 9, 2014

    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013

    Is the next Kano Jigoro already on the mat?

    November 7, 2013
  • 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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    Sergey Krylov live@Teatro Marrucino

    February 21, 2022

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    February 2, 2016

    The Lost Lock

    June 12, 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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    Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Solo (feat. Michele Di Toro) – Live@Florian Espace Pescara

    March 8, 2016

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024

    Yet Another WDISF Post

    May 5, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012 /

    A light rain covers a lonely car. A women, inside, is waiting for somebody that might never come.

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    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024

    Drying Clothes

    March 9, 2021

    Kissaten – One Shot Story

    December 5, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    My First Shot (With Purpose)

    December 22, 2012 /

    This is the very first shot I took with the conscious intention of “taking a photo.” No technical skill, no reading of manuals—just a camera, a chair abandoned in a field, and the instinct to frame it. I remember being fascinated by the contrast: the artificial shape of the chair dropped into a plot of neglected green, hemmed by broken walls. No narrative, just a question mark. I had no clue what I was doing. Exposure? Focus? Aperture? The camera was almost fully automatic, and I didn’t even think about composition rules. But the instinct to isolate the subject and centralise the frame kicked in, and so did a vague…

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    Orange Scarf

    November 9, 2014

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Volley Team – Marco Caminati (and a primer on sport photography, part 6)

    October 13, 2015

    Access Denied

    June 1, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Summer

    A Silent Dialogue

    December 21, 2012 /

    A restrained coastal tableau built around stillness and separation. The seated figure is placed slightly right of centre, turned away from the viewer, which shifts emphasis from identity to gesture and mood. The backpack anchors the narrative as travel or pause, while its bulk balances the composition against the open sand. The scene is organised in three calm bands—foreground ripples of sand, a mid-ground strip of beach, and the softly textured sea beyond. This horizontal structure stabilises the frame and amplifies the contemplative register. A lone pigeon, small but sharply legible, introduces a secondary point of attention and a faint counter-rhythm to the figure’s inward focus. Colour is deliberately subdued:…

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    Lava Nails

    February 28, 2021

    The Choir Master

    December 24, 2016

    Red Curtains

    August 28, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Projects

    An Early Landscape Photography Attempts

    December 21, 2012 /

    The frame centres on a vivid orange butterfly, held in partial profile with its wings closed, set against a dense tangle of grasses and low scrub. The subject’s saturated colour provides an immediate point of emphasis, while the surrounding vegetation introduces a complex lattice of lines that both animates and competes with the focal point. A pale limestone rock occupies the right side as a strong compositional counterweight. Its softly lit surface and visible fissures add tactile interest and a clear tonal anchor, separating the butterfly’s warm hue from the busier greens and ochres behind. The diagonal stems and overlapping blades create a natural, slightly chaotic geometry that conveys a…

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    Padua, a photographer’s goldmine

    October 31, 2024

    Becoming a Human Tripod

    January 9, 2017

    A Stop in Reggio Emilia

    February 21, 2024
  • Street Photography,  Thoughts

    Has Street-Photography a limit?

    December 19, 2012 /

    Chasing the captain is a series of shots made in Venice (Italy) by Yanick Delafoge, a very good street-photographer whose website I visit almost daily. Chasing the captain is accompanied by an explanation of the circumstances that led to the shots and based on the assumption that the subject was, indeed, a Navy Officer. Thus, the whole mood of the comment was inspired by the suggestion coming from a soldier that crosses the calles’ of Venice. There is a small problem, though: the man portrayed in the photo is a chief petty officer – Capo di prima classe (you can guess it by the three-striped patch on is shoulder) and…

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    July 21, 2017

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    October 22, 2024
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