I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, part-time painter, lover of all things French ( whose français is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic art museum volunteer, grateful community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
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". My 2008 trip I looked at Paris with a different 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. I was thrilled to return to Paris and the French countryside in June and July of 2009, and blogged daily while there. I've returned to the city I love in June, 2010 , January 2011 and January 2012! Each time I visit, it feels more and more like home, and I discover new and interesting things with each trip. I cherish the time with my Paris friends as well as the friends that always join me there. 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.
20 comments:
...so much detail!
Your photo is a delight!
There is something Magical in Paris anytime of day or night x
GRANDIOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you,Virginia!
Megi
This is not a photo of a door.. it is a photo of mystery, intrigue and what lies beyond. Great capture.
It reminds me the movies from '50s.
Looks like the opening scene of an old, silent movie! Great effect on the door, V!
Joe is right, there has got to be a deep and mysterious story going on behind that door.
Wonderful door and those two angels in the arches are divine! Great effect, V!
Now that's pretty dramatic.
molto suggestiva
Oui ... tres tres noir ...
What Joe said!!!
wv: beret...I kid you not!!!
Marlowe...wearing a beret...standing around the corner smoking a cigarette watching the door in Paris where he followed the lovely Virginia...
Very dramatic! I love it!
It looks sinister, like something from a Harry Potter movie.
Starman,
I've been waiting for your reaction all day! HA
That´s spooky!
Oui, tres! Love all the cool contrast here, V.
OH this is so mysterious!!! Wondering what's behind the door!
Such a mood to this photo! Mysterious and somewhat spooky - I like it!
I am expecting an Alfred Hitchcock movie to begin any moment.
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