Love and Peace!, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Lately I am pushing myself in going VERY neat to my subjects. I have discovered that practically none of them are aware of me, even if my camera is extremely noisy. Some of those who are aware of the camera are surprised, some others try to hide but [...]
In the rain, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
There are some photos I like even if I can see they are not “perfect”. I like them when I see them even if after a while I can see all the things that are wrong. Not technically good, with a lot of noises or movements. Nevertheless I [...]
Hey sweety!, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Capturing a strong expression is sometimes enough to make a photo, but in this case these two guys helped me a lot. One of them was transfixed on someone in front of him while the other was watching a shop window like he would have loved to jump in [...]
Class: someone has it!, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Someone has it, someone else has not: Class! A nice jumper, a shirt with the top button open and the tie not perfectly closed. The beard nicely shaved just the day before, the careful carelessness to appear more “macho:.
This is London.
To be honest today I have watched [...]
Differences, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
My target when I shot this frame was the man in the foreground. He was a strong character with those strange glasses and those pendants. When I got home and I watched the result though I felt in love with the many many things going on, the many characters framed, [...]
Body, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
During the Brighton Pride I have met a lot of guys who cared a lot about their appearance. I do not know if this one was homosexual or not, but I feel that gay guys keep their appearance in much higher consideration than many straight men do. Clearly I do [...]
What time is it?, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
London is a busy city, especially in Oxford Circus. The main difference between the City and the West End is the pace and the clothings of people. In the city businessmen walk as like the time has already run out while in the west end the closing [...]
Preparations, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Everyone wants to be shiny during a moment like this one. The parade was over and everyone was enjoying the Pride in the big park. And what is something like this without a shiny glossy lips? And if the lipstick wears off there is only one thing to do: ask [...]
Reflecting on bad days, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
We all have bad days from time to time. Yesterday has been one for me. I am stubborn, hot blooded and I have very strong ideas but I am also a person who cannot stand problems with other people, so when clashes occurs they generally I feel [...]
Asphalt and Sweat, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Few days ago I walked out of my door and I have found that the road was closed. They were asphalting it. It was a moment. I suddenly stopped, I grabbed my camera and I shoot them. The guy on the left side of the photo smiled at [...]
Send the camera a kiss, Baby!, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
When you walk around in a parade with a big white lens, you cannot pretend to pass unnoticed. The Candid photo you can expect with a wide angle lens are simply much more difficult. You can be one of the many with a camera and [...]
Walking Amongst the Ghosts, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
She was walking in the crowded street amongst many others, her face covered by her black veil. Her dark eyes were flashing, looking ahead. They did not seem to notice the figures around her, those highly lit noise around her, those ghosts.
When I composed I had a [...]
How cheeky am I?, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Few days ago Fabiana was checking the comments on one of her photos and she remain shocked when someone left a homophobic comment. The comment itself was left by someone with no respect and it was erased: this are the things that make me feel proud of [...]
And I will have wings…, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
They had pink hair that could have binded us all at their feet… but they were for themselves not for us.
They had pink eyes that could have enchanted us… but their their dreams would have been our nightmares.
They had pink clothes that could have revealed more [...]
Unveiled Passion, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Who cares if someone is watching, does it really matter if our kiss is seen? We are one, and united we stand, in our passionate embrace, kissing each other forgetting all the rest, forgetting who’s outside the boundaries our arms create. And if someone wants to watch our kiss… [...]
Primordial Scream, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
This is one of the few photos I have saved from the Brighton Parade. I was taking some photos, without being very inspired to be honest, when I saw them. The sky was a gloomy gray, rain was coming down from the sky every few minutes like vaporized water.
They [...]
Fire Breating, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Pyros breathed a great blast of flame directly into the face of the ancient red
dragon. He watched in satisfaction as the head withered, the eyes melted.
But Matafleur ignored the flames that seared her eyes, forever ending her
vision, and flew straight at Pyros.
- Dragons of Autumn Twilight
In [...]
Ageless Fairies, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
This year’s Prides have hit me, but the amazing thing is that more than those involved in the parade, I have been hit by the people walking along it, in the crowd… The crowd.
Ageless Fairies flying around all over, without the need to keep up appearance, without all those [...]
Oh My…, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Today we went to Brighton for the Pride Parade. The weather was awful for the first two hours, with a gloomy gray sky, rain and cold. The result, adding the late train from London, was a total disaster during the parade: just few nice shots, but nothing to be [...]
Moving further, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Today I grabbed my camera while I was on the tube and I switched it on. I set the aperture to f/8, the ISO to 800 and the lens focus to manual on 2.5 meters (8ft). When I got out at Marble Arch I simply checked the exposure and [...]
Still July, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
Even if we have just moved in August, I still have some photos from July I want to publish. In these last days I have been pretty busy with my job and I did not have time to go out for a walk after work. This happens, but I [...]
Embracing an Idea, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
If you have walked in the crowded street of London you have certainly meet them. They can be part of the British Red Cross, the Cancer Research or many other volunteer organizations. They try to do good things, I know, they try to make our world better.
I would [...]
The Style, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
I have always thought that the soul of a photo is in the result, not in the lens you use, not if you shoot from your hip or from your eye level. I shot what I see, I shot what I feel interesting or appealing.
…and maybe one day I [...]
For the marketers we are all Fighters, originally uploaded by Carlo Nicora.
People wears every kind of shirts, of every color and fabric. They feel they come from land far far away, bringing with them some exotic, important messages. Some of them show us the power of the wearer, some of them symbolize the belonging to [...]