Walking amongst them
What happens on an early Sunday morning in the centre of Florence?
I usually don’t like going to the centre of the city because tourists often can ruin my day - it’s just that too many of them are around at the same time, and I don’t find myself at ease in crowded places where walking is hard.
A few days ago, after a long time, I happened to be there in the early morning and I started taking candid shots of strangers in the streets; due to the early time, the streets were quiet and people where more “visible”.
I ended up enjoying myself quite a bit and decided to post some of the shots, all taken with my iPhone and Hipstamatic random combinations.
I kept the shooting sequence, thus avoiding all storytelling from me.
Tour of the areas of the New Uffizi and aperitif in the terrace on the Loggia dei Lanzi.
I have been lucky enough to receive the official authorisation to take some photos of the event and photograph the new blue rooms of the Uffizi for a reportage I have just released on Clich-hé.
See the complete reportage on Clich-hé »
See the details of the event, repeating every Thursday evening »
Mouse on Mars live in Firenze
The splendid setting of the Marino Marini museum of Florence saw the band play during the tour for the new album “Patastrophic”. The band sounded massive, the location proved especially good for the event, and the audience undoubtedly loved every single note of it.
I did a few shoots for a reportage exclusive to Clich-hé, the photography webmagazine I collaborate with as Chief editor for the Events section.
You can see my the whole set of photos at this page »
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Recovered shot: Les voyages immobiles
originally uploaded on Flickr: August 2008
Summer in the city, a city turned again so beautiful for just a few weeks: empty, silent, available, mine again.
Every year it’s so special because it feels like coming home for a short time.
One of my fave views of Florence, my hometown, while not plagued by cars and people in August. One of the best films ever made, Kodak EPP, crossprocessed and twisted.
All the above is now gone and faded: Florence in quiet August, Kodak, EPP analogue film. The world is a sad place, ain’t it.
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Recovered shots are a selection of photos I previously posted on Flickr that I consider worth of further exposure.
Seems like the guys at RedBubble are really fond of my photo above, as they are featuring it yet again in an article titled “50 Breathtaking Examples Of Street Photography And Photojournalism”, together with such good and luminuos examples of street photography, photojournalism and documentary photography that leaves me in total awe!
The Photoshooting Tourist Trilogy
These were shot in Piazza del Duomo - Firenze - while just standing, turning and looking around in a couple of minutes.
The square was quiet at the time, not much was going on but as you can see here, there is always a crowd of tourists taking shots of/in front of the Duomo.
