date » 03-07-2026 07:41
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To spend the afternoon, absorbed and pale___________That tiny, swiveling screen on my Olympus C-5060 was a genuine "Lilliputian" marvel that completely transformed how I inhabited a space while shooting. It brought back the refined, meditative spirit of the Rolleiflex; I wasn't just pointing a lens, I was looking down, holding the camera close to my chest, and observing the world through that small, articulated window. It offered a quiet, contemplative distance that allowed me to bridge the structural discipline I developed since 1969 with the possibilities of my digital workflow.You can feel that exact rigor and patience in Five_Sinfony ( the namefile). The rhythmic, corrugated metal serves as a solid, precise baseline, grounding the frame while I waited for that sculptural cloud to anchor itself in the pale, silent sky. It captures a perfect dialogue between the weight of industrial geometry and the volatile, fleeting atmosphere of an afternoon where everything just clicked into place.
date » 01-07-2026 07:33
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Diary Entry | July 1, 2026
Fuel for High noon. The digital clock doesn't lie, yet the price sign has completely stopped calculating octanes. There is only one value that matters when the shadow shortens under your feet: PASTA.
Shot from a big camera: Olympus C-5060 Wide Zoom. Immortal. Some might dismiss it as a toy, but those who know it understand exactly what it can pull off. It is the perfect instrument for giving weight to what you encounter in the field, even when dealing with things far from inanimate.
Ha: an just that touch of a Photoshop (Elements for dummy, like my...say the people) "tweak" to isolate the subject, pushing the contrast and giving the sky a cinematic fluid motion. The rest, however, stays right there: raw, sharp, geometric. In a word: al dente.
An apparition that merges the geometric rigor of a documentary shot with a sharp, pop irony. There is no fossil fuel being distributed here—only the far more vital energy of lunch.
From the Olympus C-5060 Wide Zoom, let's roll it back out to give it the proper space it deserves.
date » 31-05-2026 08:24
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tags » calembour, poster on road, urban life, camedia c 5060 wz olympus, olympus point and shoot, thumberwald, street photography, kive & moort,
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...addò mai purtat' a vasc' a cantin' o puort: o rutt' o perete e o sangh' e chitemmuort'...
"Where you never fucking took me, down to that port-side tavern: the belch, the fart, and the blood of your goddamn dead..."
date » 28-05-2026 08:12
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tags » kive & moort, urban life, conversation end life, modern time, thumberwald, finis terrae, moby-dick, flush.mokatar bell mokatar, digital time,
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NO WORD (https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oDSR8hqVG-4)
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date » 20-05-2026 11:09
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tags » landscape archology, panorama industriale, toruccio pistone, daylight, olympus camedia c 5060 wz, jpg file olympus camedia, kive & moort, thumberwald,
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======= Landscape Archeology ======
Behind the illusion of an open-air concrete yard, this shot conceals its true, dramatic impact. What might appear to be a casual arrangement of industrial blocks is reconstructed through a deliberate optical illusion, transforming the composition into a modern, chilling allegory.
The Ghost in the Cloud
The background is not a natural mist, but a mirrored, duplicated sky designed to form a distinct, spectral face. This ethereal presence hovers directly above the structure, transforming the atmosphere into something haunting and watchful. It is a silent entity looking down from the sky—the very realm of air and breath.
The Monument to Eternit
Directly beneath the yellow shape, the industrial branding ETERNIT is stamped on the material. The connection between the face in the sky and the word below creates a powerful short-circuit: the aerial, human element bound to the name of what contaminated the breath of entire generations.
The Sacrificial Altar
With these elements combined, the concrete blocks lose their raw, industrial neutrality. The low angle and ascending geometry subvert the structure completely: these are no longer simple steps, but a solemn SACRIFICIAL ALTAR (ARA SACRIFICALE) dedicated to a tragic modern deity.
It is a sharp, calculated manipulation where the “trick” serves memory, giving a monumental, funerary weight to a ghost of our recent industrial history.
date » 22-04-2026 16:30
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tags » street photography, affiches, poster in the street, olympus c 5060 wz, ah kive & moort, cloudy photograpy in street, urban life,
Concrete, wall on the street.This is not a "snapshot"; it is a composition earned through five decades (I start as photographer since 1969) of focused seeing, from analog roots to pioneering digital craftsmanship (Amiga-Era forward). The image documents a sophisticated moment of urban decay, capturing the intersection of intent (graphic design) and entropy (time and material degradation). It is a textbook example of "objet trouvé" elevated by professional intuition.
Composition & Visual Structure
The Vertical Cleavage: The image is defined by a brutal, yet elegant, vertical tear. This is the visual anchor. It creates a tension between the flat, manufactured surface of the poster and the raw, mineral density of the concrete wall behind it. The tear is not random; its placement provides a balanced asymmetry, dividing the frame roughly 40/60 more or less.
The typographic elements are used not for their semantic meaning (though "Il volto" is tantalizingly truncated) but as textural and sculptural elements. The partially visible words ("Il volt", "Spicchi", "di Gius") create a rhythmic, conceptual layer that is then "eaten" by the material decay.
The dark segment on corner below left, near-black geometric field in the bottom-left corner is essential. It grounds the entire image, providing a depth that contrasts with the superficiality of the poster paper and the porousness of the concrete.
Subtraction over Addition: I recognized that the strength of this scene lay in what was missing. The power is in the void of "Il volto" and the raw texture exposed by the rip.
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