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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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Planet Destroy Paris, France 2013

I suppose this is some kind of environmental statement. It’s hard to tell. And what’s the stencil of the guy eating the burger have to do with it? In spite of not being able to understand the message, it did seem appropriate for it to appear on a garbage can.]]>

Power Walk Paris, France 2013

A pair of important looking fellows heading out for a power lunch.

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Workaday World Paris, France 2013

When on vacation in one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, it’s sometimes hard to remember that there are a lot of ordinary days of ordinary lives being lived out in the same place at the same time as your getaway adventure.]]>

Lectio #32 Paris, France 2013

You can read just about everything, including the classics, on smartphones anymore. I have no idea what this young woman was actually engrossed in, but the surroundings make it hard to imagine it was War and Peace.]]>

Neighbors Paris, France 2013

Two women greet each other as they move through a passageway on their daily rounds.

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Lectio #31 Paris, France 2013

Back in the 20s Hemingway and company used to spend their days in Paris writing in cafes around the city. Now reading, rather than writing seems to have taken over. Well, texting and tweeting is also going on which is at least nominally writing. But somehow I don’t think 90 years from now anyone’s going to be reading or talking about the great American tweet” written back in the early years of the century.]]>

The Hostages Versailles, France 2013

I suppose it’s a sign of the times that I found the method they use to protect statues at the Palace of Versailles from the winter weather mildly disturbing. I hate to post the photo below because it is truly disturbing but it’s what these statues made me think of.

Abu Ghraib Prison 2003

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