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Ancient and Modern

September 05, 2014 • Leave a Comment

My personal favourite photographer of Paris is Eugène Atget. When one artist admires another, it seems inevitable that imitation becomes the sincerest form of flattery. Without being conscious of the inspiration, when faced with a subject that lends itself to the treatment taught by the mentor, the disciple naturally works in ways that replicate th...

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“Too Many Notes Mr. Mozart?”

August 30, 2014 • 1 Comment

This wonderful line was thrown at the wunderkind by Emperor Joseph II in the 1984 film Amadeus, which figures among my personal cinematic Top 10. Does this image have the same effect on you? Why? Why would I frame this disparate jumble of detail? The fussiness of the view is exacerbated by the safety fencing, the many, many rebars awaiting th...

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And Here Is One That I prepared Earlier...

August 22, 2014 • 1 Comment

Excuse the reference to the processes of TV Celebrity Chefs, but I couldn’t resist it, because I am responding to a great reaction to last week’s blog by discussing a daylight image taken from the same spot, which is just as beautiful, I hope you will agree. “Under The Bridges Of Paris With You” / “Sous Les Ponts De Paris” I have an aural,...

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Super Moon At The Conciergerie

August 15, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Super Moon At The Conciergerie What excitement as I set up my equipment in advance of the arrival of the Super Moon. Well, in my case it was because of the moon, but in the case of the thousands of Parisians around me, it was the annual Paris Plage event, which now extends along the right bank of the Seine down to Pont Neuf. (Click on the i...

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Form Is Substance

August 07, 2014 • 1 Comment

I come back, again and again, to themes that seem to resonate deeply with my personal « eye ». Shapes, perspective, reflections, distortion, black & white tones and strong composition are somehow so embedded in my artistic senses that they appear and reappear naturally in what I photograph. Here is a corner of the Juilliard School of Dance Drama an...

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