Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite - L'Hôtel de Ville in Paris
I love Paris! And who doesn't? I walk the streets like a kid, as interested in the old cobblestones as the old architecture. I picture red wine crashing to the ground and spilling through the cracks, like in the opening of the Dickens novel. And then I look up, and everything is right out of a movie. I tend to ignore the tourists and idiots because they kind of take away from the... je ne sais quoi!
Here is a shot of the Hôtel de Ville, just about a 15 minute walk at midnight from Notre Dame, where I had just shot a stirring sunset shot. I wish I could freeze sunset and run around and hit every landmark at the same time... but since it's impossible... I suppose I just have to go back another time. Anyone want to join me?
Monday, March 23, 2009
Ile Saint Louis et Ile de la Cité, Paris
The next 11 pictures were taken on a standard Air France flight to and back from Athens. I was lucky to be on the right side of the plane. Not yet Yann Arthus Bertrand but a great pleasure to watch Paris from Above.