Category: Places and Travel
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One day, one camera and one lens in Lucca
A short photo-trip to Lucca, to create stock photos, with a sample and the main relevant keywords that I used
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Ghosts of Christmas’ past cameras
I’ve shot some Christmas pictures in the past years, and now that autumn is approaching its end and winter is arriving, I thought of showcasing a few photographic memories of the most abused festivity of the year. These pictures are scattered in time, space and photographic medium (iPhone, interchangeable lens digital camera, film SLR).
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Photos of walls as backdrops
Wandering through Tuscan villages is beautiful in itself and doubly beautiful for a photographer. The eyes may wander far away and meet villas, mansions, fields, nature, sunsets… but beauty can be found in close-ups as well and insignificant walls – old, stained, faded, weathered – can become an awesome background for text, illustrations, or even…
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Il nuovo orto botanico di Ghezzano
Dopo anni di incuria lavori di preparazione, finalmente l’orto botanico di Ghezzano (frazione di San Giuliano Terme) è stato inaugurato ieri in via Lazzeri, con senza la presenza del sindaco. Specie diversissime, tutte esotiche, popolano i canali di scolo i quali, invece di fornire l’utile l’inutile servizio antiallagamento delle vie cittadine, offrono ai visitatori uno…
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Bicycle as a solution to a photographer’s block
When I was an undergraduate student in Pisa, I cycled daily for my urban commute from home to the University. I found it pleasant and relatively safe. I used my mountain bike frequently and with enjoyment, but always in urban contexts. Basically, wherever I could have a stroll, I cycled instead. The bike was a…
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Close-up (detail) vs Long Shot (panorama) in Travel Photography
Abstractness may be a treasure cove for a stock photographer
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Superman salverà (anche) la scuola italiana
Ottobre è quel periodo dell’anno in cui una zucca mette in difficoltà la scuola primaria pubblica italiana. Ad ottobre, una zucca rivela la sudditanza culturale ed economica della scuola italiana, assieme alla sua scarsa autonomia. Ad ottobre, nelle scuole primarie, chi insegna inglese (pardon, lingua) si ritrova con un programma di insegnamento già compilato (dagli…
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Too many signs in Great Britain
Rules, regulations, do not, please do not, mind this, mind that. Well.
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Parked vans that tell the story of a life
These photos of parked land vehicles (camper vans, motor homes) tell (or, rather, let the viewer imagine) a whole life story, that of the owner. The photos are, technically, extremely simple, and just frame a detail, unconventional and unexpected, and present the things as they are and were in front of me, the photographer.
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Tortelli maremmani al guardrail stradale
Casually, two recent photos of mine have a matching colour palette.
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Gli alberi di Piazza Napoleone a Lucca
È una delle piazze più belle d’Italia. La bellezza deriva dagli edifici e dagli alberi; mi è sembrato naturale fotografarli assieme.