June 2013

Lectio #34 Paris, France 2013

I thought I was really learning to read some French when my mind automatically translated this title as “The Old Book.” Then I realized it was Spanish, which I do know a bit of, not French. Whatever the language, given the cover illustration, I guess an alternate title would be “You Are What You Read.”

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Lectio #33 Paris, France 2013

Another shot from Cafe les Deux Moulins. The place was abuzz with activity yet that guy at the counter sat there immersed in his reading the whole time we were there, apparently oblivious to all the hubbub.

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Amélie Paris, France 2013

A shot from Cafe les Deux Moulins in Montmartre which has gained a fair share of notoriety since the movie Amélie was filmed there in 2001. If she cut her hair short, the waitress at the counter could pass for the actress Audrey Tautou who played the starring role in the movie.]]>

Tertre Artist Paris, France 2013

There are a lot of artists working every day at the extremely popular Place du Tertre in Montmartre mainly producing prodigious amounts of tourist schlock. They look very serious about their craft though; perhaps that’s just to impress the tourists. It would be interesting to follow them home to their studios there to see what they produce when they’re working just to please themselves.  ]]>

http://www.johnslaytor.com/commuters.html Slaytor’s The Silent Sea series is also worth a look–compelling photos of “stuff” floating in the ocean.  ]]>

Night Biking Paris, France 2013

Look closely in the lower left hand corner of the image and you can see a night bike tour heading down this walkway at the Louvre.

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After Hours Paris, France 2013

A conversation amongst the columns outside the Louvre.

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Nighttime Stroll Paris, France 2013

A rare nearly empty sidewalk along the Seine. Those are not Christmas ornaments in the tree shadows. It was what I know as a sycamore but in most of the world is called a plane tree. In Paris it’s apparently known as the maple-leaf plane tree.]]>

Plastered Paris, France 2013

What’s in a name? Compare this photo with the one I previously assigned the same title here.]]>

Some mighty fine images here.

Photo by Mikhail Grebenshchikov Worldwide Photography Gala Awards Black and White Photographer of the Year

 

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