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I really love to look for patterns and symmetry for my shots and I find that cities have a lot to offer on that topic.

Here’s some of my favorite urban shots that I’ve take over the years.

I lived in Nicosia (capital city of Mediterranean’s island Cyprus) for few months in 2017. The last divided capital in Europe.

During my stay, and my wondering around the city, I started noticing a lot of abandoned objects and buildings. The thing that struck me the most was that those spots are almost downtown, not in the suburbs as one could think.

To testify that, I’ve developed this photo story that tries to tell how a beautiful city like Nicosia could maintain her dignity even when badly maintained.

Not by bits alone is man alive but also of nature.

In these shots I’ll let you get a glimpse of how I see the world that surround us.