In the bustling streets of Rome, where ancient stones whisper stories of millennia past, I've spent over two decades hunting for moments that exist for mere fractions of a second. As an international street photographer, my journey has taken me far beyond the eternal city, through the neon-lit canyons of Tokyo, the vertical mazes of Hong Kong, and the vibrant chaos of Mumbai.
Mumbai, Leica M240
Each city has taught me its own visual language. In Tokyo, I learned to read the interplay of shadow and light in the geometric precision of Shibuya's crossings, finding poetry in the synchronized chaos of thousands moving in perfect harmony. Hong Kong showed me how to capture life compressed into vertical spaces, where layers of human experience stack upon each other like the city's endless towers.
The crumbling grandeur of Havana offered lessons in how time itself can be captured in a frame, where every peeling wall and vintage car tells a story of resilience and beauty in decay. In Budapest, I discovered how the Danube divides not just a city but different rhythms of life, each bank offering its own tempo and texture to the street photographer's eye.
Hong Kong, Leica Q3
Naples, with its raw energy and unfiltered humanity, taught me that sometimes the best frames come from embracing chaos rather than trying to impose order. Milano showed me another Italy entirely – one of sharp angles and modern aspirations, where fashion and tradition dance an eternal tango in its streets. And Mumbai – ah, Mumbai – revealed how millions of individual stories can coalesce into a single, pulsing organism, where every street corner holds enough drama for a thousand photographs.
The beauty of street photography lies in its raw honesty. Unlike the controlled environment of my portrait studio, where every light can be positioned and every pose directed, the street demands something entirely different. Here, I must become invisible yet intensely present, balanced on that precarious edge between being too early and too late. It's an art of patience and split-second decisions, of learning to see what's about to happen before it occurs.
Rome, Leica Q3
This practice has become my personal zen. In a world increasingly dominated by artificial experiences and curated realities, life as a street photographer grounds me in the authentic. Every failure—and there are many—teaches me something new about timing, about light, about human nature. Every success feels like uncovering a secret hidden in plain sight, a whispered truth in the din of urban life.
The geometric deception we call framing becomes a language that transcends cultural boundaries. Through it, I seek to capture not just images, but connections—those subtle interactions between people, architecture, and light that tell stories without words. Sometimes these stories emerge from the interplay of traditional and modern in Tokyo's temple districts, other times from the intimate moments of family life spilling onto Mumbai's crowded streets.
Naples, Leica Q3
As Editorial Director of ExibartStreet Magazine and artistic director of Molinchrom Festival, I've had the privilege of witnessing how street photography continues to evolve while remaining true to its essence. Whether I'm teaching workshops in Rome or curating exhibitions, I'm constantly reminded that this art form is as much about the photographer's growth as it is about the resulting images.
The streets have taught me that beauty doesn't announce itself—it appears in instants, in the everyday moments we might otherwise miss. My camera becomes a diary of these discoveries, each frame a testament to the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary. After twenty years as a dedicated street photographer, I still feel the same excitement when I step onto any street, whether it's a familiar Roman alley or a new corner of Hong Kong.
Tokyo, Leica M10
This is what being a street photographer means to me—it's an endless journey of discovery, a constant practice of presence, and above all, a celebration of life in all its unscripted glory. In every city, in every frame, I find myself learning to see the world anew, one moment at a time.
Through my lens, each city becomes more than its geography—it's a living organism, constantly shifting and revealing new facets of itself. As a street photographer, my role isn't to capture these moments so much as to participate in their unfolding, to be present when they occur, and to share them with others who might otherwise miss the poetry written in the margins of everyday life.
This is my path, my practice, my passion. And every day, I'm grateful for the privilege of walking it, camera in hand, ready for whatever the streets of the world might reveal.
Milano, Leica Q2
