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Milan

Gestures in the city

Accordion players, people resting on steps, a face caught beside a shop window. This walk through Milan looks for gestures that interrupt the city’s orderly surfaces. Sunlight and shadow give structure to the photographs, while the people keep each frame unpredictable.

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Accordion players perform beside a stone building

A person sits on the pavement beneath a shop window as people pass

Men walk along a sunlit wall with their shadows on the pavement

A young woman covers one eye while posing against a wall

Young people sit and talk on stone steps

A young woman rests a hand against her neck

Four women stand at the edge of a pedestrian crossing

Pedestrians crossing a wet street in Milan

A woman stands in front of mannequins in a shop window

A couple embraces at a pedestrian crossing

A small white dog sits upright between people on a bench

A person seated on a park bench raises a hand to their head

People pass a traveler pulling a suitcase on a busy pavement

Two people hold hands as they walk past a shop

Two pairs of boots hang over the edge of a stone wall

Heart-shaped balloons floating above city buildings

Rows of metal railings frame a distant pedestrian

People walk around a stroller on a busy pavement

Man looking at his phone beside parked bicycles

Person seated at the top of a stone staircase

Three people stand by a railing looking in different directions

Two suited men walk away across patterned street shadows

Shoes and lower legs of a person standing between parked cars

Two people eating at an outdoor cafe table

Children run between tall columns in a sunlit square

A woman carries shopping bags through a busy street

A man looks at the camera on a crowded shopping street

Pedestrians pass a full-height portrait in a shop window

A man in a knitted cap and scarf looks toward the camera

Portrait of a man wearing a knitted hat

Vendor standing inside a fruit and vegetable shop

Child in a pushchair beside an adult on a city pavement

A dog stands beneath a bench framed by people's legs

Man in a fur-trimmed hood walking beside a building

A bicycle wheel frames suited pedestrians crossing a street

Moving pedestrians frame a seated person in the background

Older man wearing a cap and scarf beside a column

People walking along a crowded shopping street

Umbrellas and pedestrians cross a rain-soaked street

Portrait of an older man wearing a patterned scarf

Pedestrian crossing a rain-soaked shopping street

People emerging from an underground entrance

Pedestrians passing above an underground entrance

Person seated beneath a large stone lion sculpture

Man standing beside an outdoor cafe umbrella

Pedestrians and a reflected figure along a narrow street

People resting around a raised stone platform

Portrait of a young man wearing glasses and earphones

Young man sitting against a dark wall looking at his phone

Woman in a fur hat looking back in a busy square

Two men standing together on a city street

Pedestrians walking past tall arched windows

People sit and walk across a sunlit stone square

Woman reading while seated inside a train

Person pushing a stroller through a sunlit narrow street

Man in a suit standing beside tram tracks

Three women walking together through a city square

Women seated beside large street planters

A woman stands in a square facing a classical arched facade

Crowd walking along a sunlit shopping street

Man looking back beside bicycle racks

Man seated outside a cafe

An older man in a cap sits with his arms resting in front of him

Passenger stepping onto a tram

Older man resting his head on his hand inside a tram

Seated person reflected in a glass door

Pedestrian passing a large arched doorway

Long shadows of pedestrians and a cyclist on a wet street

Child standing near tram tracks on a city street

Man smoking beside a building entrance

Two men leaning against a stone wall

Woman seated on a stone bollard using her phone

One person reclining and another reading beside a planted bed

Man standing among parked bicycles

Man seated beside a shop window displaying a mannequin

Three people sitting on a raised stone ledge

Three people seated with their backs to the camera in a square

Pedestrian beneath sculpted figures on a building facade

People walking through a sunlit colonnade

Couple embracing in front of Milan Cathedral

Pedestrians above a metro entrance

Man holding a hand to his face on a narrow street

A woman stands beside a large fashion advertisement

Man wearing sunglasses in a crowded square

Group seated on paving stones in a large square

Person leaning against the corner of an ornate building

A bird perches on a monumental sculpture

Face of a woman seen through reflections

Man looking upward on a crowded street

Lower legs of a person riding an escalator

People passing a small street food stall

Man carrying a bag across a paved square

Woman seated before a mural of a face

Older woman looking upward among pedestrians

People holding umbrellas outside a restaurant

Young people talking inside a train

Portrait of a man wearing a cap

Portrait of a smiling older man wearing a dark hat

Two young people posing together against a wall

Woman holding a phone and smoking beside a stone wall

Two people seated beside a fountain

Man seated at an outdoor cafe table

Two women reading a map together

Portrait of an older man wearing a flat cap

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