Misanthropic photographer, flâneur, cynic. I am over sixty-five, married, young-at-heart, well-mannered, broad-minded, with eyes wide open and an overactive imagination. I enjoy taking photographs while walking around. I love big cities and small towns. I appreciate nature, the countryside, beaches and oceans and lakes. I have an aesthetic appreciation for photography of the bare human body in all aspects. I have an aversion to misogyny, homophobia, crudeness, violence and derogatory behaviour. I respect women and women photographers. I prefer good photography made by non-professional photographers. I have no interest in AI-generated images and I don't join groups that allow AI-generated images. Unless specified, all photography is my own.

Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

My photographs are licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. I think this means that if you use one of my photographs, please add an attribution to "Francis Mariani", please do not make money from use of my photographs, please do not adapt my photographs in any way. Please respect my Creative Commons Licence and please let me know when you use one of my photographs. Thank you. If you wish to acquire one of my photographs for commercial use, please email me.

Please do not use my photography without letting me know.

I am an administrator of several Flickr groups (most of them I rescued from oblivion): The Art of Self-Portraits, The Expired Film Group, Museum of Collage, Self With Camera, Shadow Self, Art’s Bare Essentials, Art of the Male Form, Analogue Girlfriends and Boyfriends, Minimal Square, Street Art Tiles, Beaches & Landscapes, Art of Fragments, Les plaques de rues parisiennes, La maison noire, I Have Two Words For You and Toronto Stencil.

Thanks very much to ambientlight.ca for posting a web page summarizing Canadian Photography Laws.

"In Toronto, you can take photographs on public property, like side walks. This includes taking photos of anything that a normal person could see from public property."

“The best way to not get lost, is not knowing where we're going...” / « La meilleure façon de ne pas se perdre, c’est de ne pas savoir où on va... » — Jean-Jacques Schuhl, from the book Ingrid Craven (2000)

I loathe and block people that post stolen photography, or those that do not share any public photos.

People that share AI-generated images should, as a courtesy to members of the Flickr community, set the Content type for these images to "Illustration/Art". I believe Flickr should create a separate category, as artists that create real art and real illustration should not be bundled together with people that share AI-generated images. Thank you.