Blackboard

A page for some photos to keep, some notes to expand.
Pictures taken during night walks, or travels. Views from a window, an urban street,
or under a Mediterranean sky. Where it's nice to stop, to open the arms and breathe...

Reading now (April 2025): Anne Dufourmantelle, Eloge du risque

Take a breath,

Take a look
at these other 2 pages:

► TheGreatSeason -- Joyful Things, updated

the greatseason a blog of notes and joyful things by paolo ruggiero

► Discover some Extra Photos here

"Back to the Cyclades", a Photo Essay on Private Magazine

What about Photography and Writing?
«I believe that having a photographic sight helps to find accuracy and synthesis also in writing.
Writing for its part helps photography to go beyond appearance,
to ask questions and to pierce the surface.

I use to write and I like good literature, in general.
Some books in some moments of life are able to move
the way we see and live objects and spaces».

::: Photo-Roulette

A daily random photo from 2008 - 2025:

(Low-res photo taken with a "vintage" VGA Camera : )

Last update: April 18, 2025

La grande stagione (The great season) Castelvecchi Publisher, Rome

A novel that is a tribute to the towns,
to youth, and also to music.
(Cristina Cantiani, Read and Play)

Immerse yourself in the somptuous playlist (3 h 51 min)
created by Cristina Cantiani of Read and Play,
with the music that the protagonist listens to in the novel...

Explore some urban photo reportages:

Desert Paris, during the Lockdown

Paris, Marche pour le Climat

::: March 2025, Paris

paris panorama la défense nord ouest parisient

::: January 2025, 10ème arrondissement, Paris

paris by night paris la nuit 10ème arrondissement

::: November 2024, Paris (50 Iso Kodak film)

paris light and roofs paris contemporary photography

::: October 2024, Malaga

::: September 2024, Paris

trees and nature in paris, arbres de paris nature à paris

::: August 2024 (Kodak film)

::: July 2024, Paris

::: July 2024, Paris (50 Iso Kodak film)

paris on a summer evening, contemporary photography in paris

::: June 2024, Paris

paris nature jardins photographie urbaine balades

::: 10ème arrondissement (50 Iso Kodak film)

paris littérature italienne écrivains italiens à paris italiani a parigi

::: May 2024, Barcelona. On the horizon, Ineos Britannia (2024 America's Cup) testings

barcelona america's cup ineos briannia testings

girl riding bike in barcelona, girls bikes barcelona

las ramblas people barcelona america's cup

::: May 2024, Liguria

Liguria cinque terre sea beaches photography artists

::: April 2024, Paris

paris contemporary photography new topographics photography

::: April 2024, Paris North-East (Kodak film)

photo reporter paris contemporary photography urban paris explorations

parigi benlieue opere olimpiadi e sviluppo urbano reportage fotografici

::: February 2024, Paris

paris en fevrier photographie contemporaine a paris, terrain de basket

::: January 2024, Paris

paris on january the seine river on winter

::: November 2023, Paris

paris citroen dyane parked 70s style vintage citroen

::: October 2023, Alicante

alicante panoramic view of the port and horizon

::: September 2023, Lisbon

lisbon walking in alfama district walls and streets

::: August 2023, Paris

italian photographer in paris contemporary urban photography

::: July 2023, Mediterranean

mediterranean night landscapes sea and night lights contemporary photography

::: Underwater (Kodak film)

underwater photography mediterranean summer kodak film

::: June 2023, Paris (Kodak film)

paris 10ème arrondissment été explorer paris

::: May 2023, Bruxelles

bruxelles rue luxembourg european parliament district contemporary photography

::: March 2023, Athens, view from the Acropolis and Monastiráki by night (Kodak film)

athens panoramic view from the acropolis with clouds and blue sky

athens monastiráki by night contemporary photography

::: January 2023, Paris

::: December 2022, Lido di Pomposa, Adriatic Sea

Adriatic sea on winter, Lido di Pomposa, A contemporary photography projet

::: October 2022, Lindos

lindos, Rhodes, a small town loved also by David Gilmour and Pink Floyd

::: October 2022, Paris (Kodak film)

paris urban contemporary photography parvis du centre pompidou

::: September 2022, Paris (Kodak film)

::: August 2022, Paris banlieue Nord-Est

::: July 2022, Liguria

::: June 2022, Paris (Kodak film)

paris 19eme parc de la villette photographie contemporaine

photographie contemporaine italienne paris 10ème arrondissement

::: May 2022, Mediterranean

walking and discovering liguria, beaches and sea

::: April 2022, Paris (Kodak film)

::: March 2022 (Kodak film)

::: December

mediterranean sea container ship cargo ships by night

::: December

italian riviera mediterranean full moon on the sea, contemporary italian photography

::: November

mediterranean sea by night landscape contemporary photography

::: September, Paris (Kodak film)

::: August, Mediterranean

::: June, Paris (Kodak film)

::: May, Paris

may trees and nature different green tones

::: April, north-eastern banlieue

::: February 2021

trees and branches of forest and undergrowth in february

::: December

::: November

emerging italian contemporary photography paolo ruggiero wall and paper

::: September, Paris (Kodak fikm)

minimarket indoor italian contemporary photography, film photography

::: August

::: July

::: June, Paris

::: May

::: February 2020, Liguria

::: December, Adriatic

night photography architectures milano marittima

::: October

::: August, Riviera di Ponente

cinque terre liguria sea transparent water beaches

the italian spritz aperol art of aperitivo

::: August, Paris

::: July, Mediterranean

::: July, 19ème arrondissement

tour boucry paris photographie contempraine nouvelle photographie en europe

::: June 2019, Le Bourget

::: May

contemporary urban landscapes, demolition

::: April, Cervia, Adriatic Coast

::: March 2019, Mediterranean

mediterranean sea lije tsunami waves italian contemporary photography seascapes

::: December 2018, Adriatic Night

adriatic night italian contemporary photography lmndscapes

ravenna industrial district by night like in deserto rosso by antonioni

::: November, Nord-Est parisien

::: October

::: September 2018, Paris (Kodak film)

::: August 2018

::: July

::: June 2018

::: June, Mediterranean

::: May

::: April, Paris, a quiet afternoon

::: March 2018

::: February

::: December 2017, near the Highway, North-East Italy...

::: Liguria, North-West Italy, testing a new film camera, Autumn 2017

::: North-East Italy, A nocturne landascape, May 1998, restored on 10/2017

::: End of August 2017, Liguria. After a long swim (Photo by my brother)

::: Paris, July 2017

::: June 2017

::: Paris, May 2017

paris panoramic view panoramic photo of paris

::: April 2017, Adriatic

::: March 2017

::: February 2017

::: January 2017

::: Moleskine, November 2016 (Kodak film)

::: October 2016

::: Menorca, August 2016

::: July 2016, Biarritz

::: June 2016, Liguria

::: May 2016, Essonne

::: Riccione, Adriatic Coast, April

riccione adriatic coast, abandoned hotel

::: April 2016

::: March 2016

::: February 2016

::: January 2016, Liguria, highway

::: December 2015

::: August 2015

::: July 2015, French Basque Country

high tide sea, French Basque Country, contemporary photography, seascapes

::: July 2015

::: London, Docklands, June 2015

::: London, Canary Wharf, June 2015

::: Liguria, Riviera di Ponente, May 2015
liguria, riviera di ponente, passeggiata

::: Adriatic Coast, Lignano Pineta beach, April 2015

::: Adriatic Coast, Jesolo (Venice), April 2015

::: March 2015, Banlieue

gulf of naples italian contemporary photography, italian landscapes, viaggio in italia

::: March 2015, Autoroute

::: Gulf of Naples, a 2013 photo, printed on March 2015

::: December 2014, Friuli,North-East Italy, driving early in the morning...

north east italy highway on winter friuli countryside

::: Adriatic Coast, Caorle (Venice), December 2014

::: October 2014

::: Naoussa Paros, Greece, August 2014

::: August, indoor space photography

::: In my room, July 2014

::: Liguria, Italy, July 2014

::: Rome, March 2014

::: January 2014

::: San Francisco, September 2013

San Francisco skyline on a sunny day contemporary photography

::: Self portrait, Venice Beach, September 2013

Venice beach sand and sun on september contemporary photography

::: In front of Googleplex, September 2013

::: Frioul Island, Marseilles, August 2013

mediterranean view, near marseilles, fujifilm

::: May 2013

::: Guitar playing, July

::: Majorca, Mediterranean sea, April-May 2012

mediterranean sea military plane over the sea maiorca island

::: London, April 2012

London on march tour with bus double decker

::: December 2011

::: September 2011, Friuli, North-East Italy

a private bookshelf with books and music

::: August 2011, Cassis

Cassis. Is not far from that falaise on the left that Antoine de Saint-Exupery
died in the morning of july 31 1944, while he was flying with is P-38 Lightning.

Cassis. Is not far from that "falaise" on the left that Antoine de Saint-Exupery died in the morning of July 31 1944, while he was flying with his P-38 Lightning.