Thursday, November 12, 2009
Remembrance Day
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I do apologize that I did not realize that in France, this day was set aside for remembrance of fallen soldiers as in our country. This past summer I found this beautiful gravesite at Cemetiére Montparnasse .
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- Virginia
- Birmingham, AL, United States
- I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
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I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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8 comments:
Perfect photo for the armistice day.
And likewise here in Australia, V. Beautiful and touching. Twenty-seven? So young.
I appreciate this nice and simple way to pay our respects to all these veterans, now all gone!
Its a perfect way to remember .. and say thank you
Remembering the experience is one thing, learning from it is quite another.
Quite beautiful.
love the lighting in these photos, really adds meaning to what this is all about.
Hi Virginia, just saw your comment over at my place, many thanks for stopping by, don't know how I missed you until now, will have to come back here and look around...
Jean-Marie Hatier died au Mort-Homme, which is just across the Meuse River from Verdun. On Nov. 11th I posted a couple of photos of the monument which is at the top of the Mort-Homme hill, if you have a second to go look. This sculpture on his grave is beautiful, it has weathered in a wonderful way. There are many fascinating tombs in Montparnasse, I've wandered in there more than once. But then, almost every cemetery has something interesting in it, either artwork, or history... glimpses into past lives...
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