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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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    Same Seats, Different Lifes

    April 14, 2014

    From Waltham to Boston

    August 4, 2023

    Red Curtains

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

    The Unintended March

    January 13, 2013 /

    Strangers walk at the same pace

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    Protezione Civile

    November 12, 2013

    Kudos to Ricoh

    February 8, 2013

    Free Ride

    October 2, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    PizzaPizza

    January 12, 2013 /

    I want a pizza!

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    Don Giovanni@Teatro Marrucino

    November 22, 2025

    Play It Again, Sam!

    April 13, 2017

    Before The Match

    October 20, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013 /

    Should I Buy It?

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    Run Like Hell, Pinocchio!

    February 24, 2015

    Good Plan, Poor Execution

    December 15, 2019

    StreetPizza@Ueno Park

    August 4, 2018
  • 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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    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019

    What Could I Do?

    April 18, 2016

    Servicing a Beretta 98FS

    October 13, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Mind Your Business…

    January 9, 2013 /

    Paths that shall never cross.

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    Lady Gaga Art Rave

    October 5, 2014

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014

    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Busy

    January 8, 2013 /

    Busy, taking her time…

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    On Composition. Or: the eye sees what the mind is prepared to comprehend

    September 11, 2023

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013

    Portrait of an Heavy Metal Singer

    November 21, 2013
  • 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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    She Died Alone

    February 15, 2022

    Black Cat

    October 31, 2021

    Where Are Skilifts Supposed to Be?

    January 7, 2017
  • 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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    Asimo’s Ancestor@Tsukuba World1985 Expo

    June 30, 2018

    A Street-Skater on the Waterfront

    March 17, 2021

    A Stop in Reggio Emilia

    February 21, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Purple Haze

    January 3, 2013 /

    Early on a winter morning a purple haze…

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    A Step Ahead

    October 8, 2022

    High Heels Ghost

    August 20, 2013

    A Vessel

    December 18, 2015
  • 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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    Close up of an Ethnic Chessboard

    September 1, 2018

    Drying Clothes

    March 9, 2021

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018
  • 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

    Now You See It…Street Juggler at a Red Light in Barcelona

    June 16, 2014

    The Empty Stage

    November 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Late

    December 31, 2012 /

    Late. Again. As ever…

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    Shadow On The Wall

    August 30, 2015

    Welcome in the New (?) Year

    January 1, 2014

    Close up of an Ethnic Chessboard

    September 1, 2018
  • 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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    The Godfather

    July 23, 2014

    5 frames with the (much awaited) Ferrania P33, a Nikon F3 and a Nikkor 50 F2

    April 30, 2024

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014
  • 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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    Opposites

    February 3, 2013

    Lightspeed

    August 6, 2015

    UnortORTOdox (Ferrania)

    July 22, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    The Argument

    December 27, 2012 /

    A fierce debate in a sunny winter day.

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    Empty Spaces

    May 23, 2014

    5 (improbable) Frames with a roll of Ferrania Orto and a Nikon 35TI

    February 28, 2024

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

    June 21, 2023
  • 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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    Late for Lunch

    March 26, 2014

    Shadows&Lights

    March 7, 2014

    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018
  • 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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    What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?

    March 19, 2024

    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013

    Under the Bridge

    November 6, 2013
  • 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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    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016

    A Tribute to An Old Friend

    January 7, 2014

    Life, the Universe and Everything

    July 28, 2013
  • 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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    A Banner

    November 29, 2014

    Waiting To Board

    February 4, 2013

    A Waiter in via Sardegna

    September 26, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    People

    December 21, 2012 /

    People.    So you wanna be a street-photographer, kid?

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    The Changer — Glass Walls, Paper Smiles, and Currency Drained

    October 12, 2013

    Out of Focus, again

    October 3, 2013

    So long and thank you for the fish

    February 6, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Projects

    Landscape

    December 21, 2012 /

    Landscape is another project-in-progress. I’m not a landscape shooter, nevertheless it always worth to explore different perspectives before choosing the preferred one. Here are all the pictures hosted by Photoshop.com

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    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014

    A Grocery Store in Rome

    November 5, 2014

    An Altar for the Propaganda Machine

    November 17, 2013
  • 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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    Pentax k-5 And The Aquapack 458

    August 15, 2014

    Protezione Civile

    November 12, 2013

    An Old Motorcade At Night

    August 10, 2015
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