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Why is it that old and dilapidated looks so very charming when it is in Paris??
Friday, April 8, 2011
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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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19 comments:
It is the artist in you that sees the beauty of neglect in the shutters...
"Why is it that old and dilapidated looks so very charming when it is in Paris??"
You shouldn't have written that, V. You should DEFINITELY not have written that....
Its also the voyourism - the shadows - from an outside into an interior - is there someone inside looking out one asks ?
It´s so simple: Because we LOVE PARIS!!
It looks no where near as appealing on my kitchen window! xx
I'm not sure those shutters would look as charming at my place as they do in Paris, but I'd be willing to give it a try. A beautiful scene, V.
I am not sure they're all that charming but its a great shot
JB, I'm glad you are using some manner of restraint tody! :)
V
I love the mystery of this window... It could be quite lovely inside in spite of the dilapidated outside appearance. JB needs to be spanked.
Genie
Oooo Genie...you are naughty!
Virg - I'm thinking that by the time you took this photo WE were feeling old and dilapidated.
BTW-when are you going to make a Paris Rouge book on Red Bubble...THAT would be a best seller...
Genie, JB will love that idea I predict! HAAAAAAAA
Mary, now that's a thought and oui, you and P, drug me all over that day. Cold and wet but we were troopers!
I was thinking the same thing. They make everything look romantic!
Why indeed? And yet they definitely do. Just as the same thing in my apartment definitely does not. (If only I could pick it up and move it to Paris!)
It looks charming because you are still in the blush of your romance with the city.
It's so true! Paris has more than it's share of dilapidated charm. This is a wonderful example.
Starman,
As you well know, the love affair continues at breakneck speed!
Starman's right. When in Paris we are in love with everything, our hearts are open and our imaginations run wild. We're dreaming of possibilities and imagining histories.
What doesn't look charming in Paris?
I just hope that crane doesn't fall through the roof of the Louvre....
The birthplace of Shabby Chic...
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