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Holy Island - Bourgeois Island

February 17, 2017 • 1 Comment

History The island on which sits Notre Dame is the Medieval heart of Paris, originally separated into the western section devoted to the power of the King and an eastern section to the power of the church. The land in-between was residential and commercial. This was echoed in the 19 th century by, guess who, Baron Haussmann who built many key...

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The Majesty Of The Law

February 09, 2017 • 1 Comment

I don’t consider myself a « Street Photographer », like so many others who roam Paris, New York or Stratford-Upon-Avon, by day and by night, usually photographing with Leica’s using film and printing in black and white. Nevertheless, living in central Paris and always having a camera at the ready, there is frequently some little interaction taking...

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Moskwa Sur Seine

February 02, 2017 • 1 Comment

Moskwa Sur Seine Quai Branly in Paris already had a long connection with Russia, even before the completion of the new Orthodox Cathedral at Pont d’Alma in 2016. Most visibly, there is Pont Alexandre III, my “Muse” as regular followers of this blog will know. The French wanted to honour the signatory of the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1892 and...

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Texture

January 26, 2017 • 4 Comments

Time Passes… I was privileged to take a peek into the past of an Estonian friend’s childhood, visiting the village of Kassari on the island of Hiiumaa. The family Summer house is a thatched, weather-beaten log cabin, which reeks of time. I tried to soak in the atmosphere with my eyes, ears, nose and camera, enjoying the gently overgrown garde...

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How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?

January 19, 2017 • 1 Comment

Answer: “Plan! Plan! Plan!” Well, the correct answer is “Practice! Practice! Practice!”, but I am not a violinist, I am a photographer. So, in 2010, when I decided to photograph the air component of the 14 July parade in Paris, I wondered how I might place myself under the flight line, without being invited by the President of the Republic to se...

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