Lest This Our World Lose Heart

Amateur photographer based in Roma, Italy, with interests in ancient art, urban and social landscape. And definitely, in everything that makes life worth living. For more, see Black&White Community https://www.tumblr.com/communities/luminis-imago-bw and my own blogsite https://luminisimago.blog Unless otherwise stated, all posted photos are my own creations and I keep all rights on them.

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Naiad (Nimpha aquatica)

Naiade

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Closer

Closer

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Mare Nigrum

Tyrrhenum, 2026 Gazing at the horizon: distance travelled, or a shore to come? In the sea’s black, the boundaries of space and time dissolve. End or beginning—upon this flat surface, my questions crash like a hull. More Mare Nigrum

Mare Nigrum

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Cosa ti incuriosisce? Le persone. Non ne ho mai incontrato due eguali, ognuno ha qualcosa di unico

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Mare Nigrum

Tyrrhenum, 2026 The Sea neither divides nor unites. It follows the voyage with a gentle ripple, lest the traveller be frightened by the dark abyss. Later we’ll realize that the Sea wasn’t the space between two shores, but the very time of the journey. More Mare Nigrum

Mare Nigrum

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Mare Nigrum

Tyrrhenum, 2026 Barren and desert, sailed by heroes, mother of Aphrodites. Divine and human sea.

Mare Nigrum

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Mare Nigrum

Tyrrhenum Sea, 2026 Looking for the ends of Sea is a purposeless effort. Too far its confines, nothing more than a mirage the horizon. Too deep its abysses, where obscurity reigns and nothing human survives. In the same way as time, the Sea has nothing to teach human existence, and darkness is its true essence.

Mare Nigrum

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In a Summer Storm

In a Summer Storm

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Sunset

Last Ray of the Day

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At Dawn

Quiet at Dawn

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Caffè d'Arte

Roma, 2025 The Caffè Greco in Roma via dei Condotti, founded in 1760, has been a meeting place for artists and writers since the nineteenth century and still hosts a collection of art which is among the richest in its kind. The Caffè has ceased its activity in 2025. The photograph was taken shortly before the closure. More Caffè d’Arte

Caffè d'Arte

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Vis (Ce qui reste)

Firenze, Galleria degli Uffizi, 2026 En latin ancien, le mot « vis » signifiait à la fois la force physique et morale. L’idée était que autant le corps que l’esprit doivent être cultivés afin de maintenir l’indépendance de l’animus (psyché) par rapport aux « indifférents », tels que les suffrances phisiques et les maladies, ainsi que les impulsions irrationnelles et les fausses opinions. Les «…

Vis (Ce qui reste)

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Beauty Will Save The World

Beauty Will Save The World

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Caffè d'Arte

Caffè d'Arte

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Senex

Rule to navigate the life

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Dionysus and Ampelos

Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze, 2026 According to the myth, Dionysus loved a beautiful young man named Ampelos. When his beloved died, for the first time the immortal god cried. To console him, the Hours, ancient deities of time, transformed Ampelos’ body into the plant of grapes. Pressing its mature fruits, Dionysus created the wine and finally stopped crying. This is how Dionysus gave humans…

Dionysus and Ampelos

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Caffè d'Arte Dagnino

Caffè d'Arte