The most interesting aspects of this kind of work lie not in the technique but in the creative vision that drives it. Virgilio Carnisio uses a standard Pentax SLR (though he used other cameras in his early days), lenses that are neither extreme wide-angles nor exaggerated telephoto lenses, and black-and-white film: equipment that serves to produce well-balanced photographs where light and shadow are always in harmony. That said, what matters is his eye, which captures subjects—perhaps ones many would not even have considered—with consistently precise framing. Thus, the vast collection of façades of restaurants, bars, wine bars and food shops now stands as a testament to Milanese history, as well as an anthropological record of how we once were. When, however, faced with a locomotive, Carnisio shifts his gaze slightly diagonally to emphasise its movement and chooses the moment when the smoke creates the perfect finishing touch to an impeccable image.