Monday, March 31, 2014
Les bouquinistes
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I don't know that I've purchased a book here but have found some lovely vintage prints for myself and gifts for family and friends. Always worth a slow stroll.
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- 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:
We have a lovely small water colour of Paris hanging on our wall purchased from a street stall just like this nearly 30 years ago and it is still as bright as the day we bought it. Nice memories.
The big controversy now is the claim that they're supposed to be selling only books and not other "tourist" items. Always something. Anyway, it's a charming shot !
Pas toujours très aimables et souvent leurs livres sont "emballés" donc impossibles à feuilleter.
One of the best places where to stroll in Paris..
This is a wonderful photo and great light with it. Never bought a book there either, but some paper things and cards. I'd love to buy the prints in this photo!
Bibliophile that I am, had I lived in Paris a century or so ago, I might have been a bouquiniste myself. I bought a book there on my first trip to Paris, when you fall in love with everything you see, that I might not otherwise have bought. But I was also trying to spread my Euros around. The time one waits to earn a permit for a stall requires the patience of Job, i.e., years.
The prints look quite fetching!
The whole scene looks fetching.
Still trying to find the Asterix titles I'm missing, and have happily found a couple chez les bouquinistes.
It wouldn't be Paris without a walk along the book booths overlooking the Seine.
That is a place I would stop to shop..
yvonne
Your photos are magical. I love them - it's like taking a trip to Paris with you as my guide!
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