| As usual, attempting to show a different side of a well-known metropolis: this time with a vertical aspect (however, note no skyscrapers here). A random modernist building which location I cannot remember, Louvre, Eiffel Tower as seen from the Musee du Quai Branly courtyard, and a tree in Belleville Park. |
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| February aura doesn't encourage to get close to the water, but in Paris, water does play a role in the public space. Pont des Arts and a little square close to Centre Pompidou. |
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| Tree branches make a nice foreground when you're photographing the city. Very often It's hard to show depth of a confined urban landscape, things like branches help me achieve that. |
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| Arc de Triomphe is probably the most famous of all the triumphal arches (not as big as the one in North Korea though). Therefore, no picture of the Arch itself. It was a very bad day for shooting, the midst of February in Paris, in fog and clouds. Had to go up and down with exposure etc in photoshop to make them look, at least a little less pale than my desk :) |
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| After a ten-day break (sorry about that by the way!), a couple of Paris' unknown statues. I bet there is not a single person who can localize them all! :) |
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| Some cities are as beautiful at night as they are in daytime. Paris certainly is one of them. From the top: on the steps in front of Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, walking the streets of Marais, and the Carousel on Rue de Rivoli (at St. Paul metro station.) |
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| Do you remember this scene from the Bible, when Jesus kicks some merchants out of the temple where they did their business? Well, he would be pretty upset with what's happening in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. It's became a temple of sales for souvenirs and stuff. Not so many people praying there any more, probably because they're accompanied by camera flashes and the sound of counting coins... |
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| Paris is full of cycles: motorbikes, mopeds, but especially bicycles. But what better mode of transportation can you find in such a beautiful city? Missing the warm, sunny days on the bike, while cycling the hell out of winter Warsaw! |
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| It isn't easy to spot a tiny piece by the French street artist Invader in a city that overwhelms you with it's beauty and an incredible amount of things to look at. Invader himself chooses his locations very precisely. All of his work I came across in Paris was at random, I hadn't looked it up prior to the trip. |
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| A lost picture from the series of voitures de paris. It was taken in Belville, Paris' melting pot. Check out the guy in the left corner! Also, a request: if you are on facebook, please log onto my facebook page and vote in a poll. I want to make the blog more interesting, let me know what you like! |
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| The construction of the French National Library (by the president François Mitterrand) completely changed the neighborhood and revitalised the space. It still isn't a very livable area, but with the new footbridge over Seine river and world-class (still impressive) architecture, once run down quarter between the river and railroad tracks, now is clean and inviting. Four towers of the library represent open books. |
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| Some of the most extravagant vehicles I saw in Paris last year. Too bad none of the above does not represent the famed Parisian parallel parking technique! They're really good at that! |
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