Monday, April 19, 2010
The Faces of Paris
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Today I'm featuring a piece of garden art on my Birmingham blog. It reminded me so much of the lovely faces I've found over windows and doorways in Paris. The top photo was taken just down the street from the Galerie des Gobelins. The photo below I found at the gorgeous Gare de Lyon.
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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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12 comments:
V, These are just beautiful!
I see that you're fascinated by some of the same things I see, Virgina. :) And I see that Judy agrees. :)
And they are in such beautiful condition, V!
Yes, I can see why these lovely pieces of art remind you of each as companions.
I think I lost my comment so here it is again!
I can see why the two pieces remind you of each one, altho miles apart.
Do you know if the second one is someone in particular?
I love these ...
I just love faces on old building façades! Now you have inspired me, thanks V.! :-)
Do you have lunch or dinner at Le Train Bleu?
Starman,
Darlin' we had a glass or two of champagne of course. The late afternoon sun was coming through the windows and it was just beautiful!
These are lovely examples of an engaging artform, one can't help but stop to look at such figures, which express an incredible range of moods and welcome, or lack of welcome... Then of course in a similar vein are the gargoyles...
Lovely sculptures. I think in Paris you always have to look up, if not you may miss some great sculptures like those you posted.
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