Wednesday, May 4, 2011
A Slice of Paris
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This day, as Richard, Mary and I toured the great Mondrian exhibit at the Pompidou, we spotted this unusual window. I actually asked a guard for permission to take this photo. He told me to be quick...and I was!
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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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10 comments:
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Milton
Paris ! Almost any way you slice it, the city of light shines.
We lived about a block away from the Pompidou center for well over a year quite a while back, in the rue Quincampoix... a fun one to pronounce...
This photo reminds me when I lived in Prague. A friend of mine bought a flat in the center. The walls were terrible, it was cold. But in this flat there was a little window in the bathroom and there you could see the castle. He said: "the best flat ever" He was right!
Oh la la ...
Kudos to you and the guard!!!
You played by the rules—and we benefit! Thanks to you both for this great composition.
I never ask permission because the answer is usually 'no'. It works better if I just take the picture and apologize for breaking the rules if I'm caught.
Great shot V !!
I asked a guard today if I could take pictures in the Monet water lilies exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum. He said not in that exhibition, but anywhere else in the museum so long as there was no flash. It made me feel a tad guilty when I squeezed off a verboten shot anyways (alas too blurred to use).
Jack, I have a 50mm lens that I use for museums and churches. Perfect your lean/inhale/squeeze the shutter!
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