Pont Neuf
Just after sunrise, just after the rain ended. Looking at Isle de la Cite from Pont des Arts. Trying to channel Charles Marville, but fortunately not lugging around an actual wet plate setup.
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Misty Cruise
Looking west on a cold, wet morning.
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Vintage Seine
From my old slide archives, a reinterpretation of a look at the Left Bank.
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Single Passenger
Just one (bundled) person braves the January cold of the uncovered portion of the tour boat.
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Kaleidoscopic Seine
Another kaleidoscope image, this time from the banks of the Seine. Open/save the image to see it at a larger size.
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Blurred Traffic
Standing on Pont des Arts and looking east at the steady traffic underneath Pont Neuf along Voie Georges Pompidou.
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Midnight Walk
Looking west at Notre Dame from Île Saint-Louis, one of the two islands in the Seine.
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The Newest Bridge
On the eastern side of Paris, near the Gare de Austerlitz, is Paris’ newest bridge. Named the Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, in honour of the French existentialist author, philosopher and theorist, the award-winning 190m bridge spans the Seine at the site of the new national library.
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You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em…
Things have been, surprisingly, rather free from catastrophe as of late. But there will be much less to say after this email — I’m packing it in and heading home early. Plans for the Czech Republic and Italy have been abandoned and Poland had to be curtailed.