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Strolling, Le Marais

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A couple strolls along a narrow Le Marais street, Paris.

Strolling, Le Marais. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A couple strolls along a narrow Le Marais street, Paris.

This photograph comes from a 2016 visit to Paris… and a few other interesting European places. This narrow street is characteristic of this part of Paris, an area where some of the oldest original buildings and streets are still found.

This is also, in my opinion, one of the more interesting areas to photograph. As is the case with many gentrifying areas in big cities, lots of different populations come together here — tourists, members of more privileged classes, folks who may have lived here before it became trendy, various other folks passing through. The streets and the architecture are also fascinating, from the narrow and car-free lanes to the very old buildings and the interesting examples of street art.

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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: France, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Blue Door, Le Marais

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A blue entrance door on a narrow street in Le Marais, Paris

Blue Door, Le Marais. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A blue entrance door on a narrow street in Le Marais, Paris

This is another of the “found it while working on something else” photographs from Paris that I’ve unearthed this past week. I’m writing something about another photograph that I made on this day, and when I went back to look at the original of that photograph and others made around the same time… I was pleasantly distracted by going through a bunch of related photographs.

Like those other photographs, this one comes from Le Marais, a beautiful (and today quite popular) older section of Paris that retains very narrow streets and a time worn character, despite being somewhat gentrified now. There’s a lot to see here, and this is even more true when you carry a camera. Among other things, the beautiful soft light on this bit of old architecture attracted me.

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Photographs: France, Photographs: Night, Photographs: Urban/Street

Hi From Paris

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Street art on a Paris wall at night.

Hi From Paris. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

Street art on a Paris wall at night.

One thing often leads to another. Recently I looked up a photograph I made in a few years ago. (I’m writing something about that photograph that will appear on my blog soon.) As I contemplated the circumstance of making that photograph I wanted to go back and look at others I made right before and after that one. Once I started it was impossible to stop, and before long I was digging into a body of work that I had not looked at for a while. As I did, I found some forgotten images that I wanted to work on.

This photograph is one of them. We were staying in Montmartre, and on this evening we went out to find something to eat… and then we ended up just walking along the evening streets, taking in the feeling of the place and, of course, making photographs. As in many big cities, there is fascinating street art throughout Paris — and some not-so-fascinating stuff, too. I photographed this eclectic little vignette under the light of street lamps: “HI FROM PARIS!”

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Wall, Rue de Braque

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Detail of a wall next to sidewalk on Rue de Braque, Le Marais, Paris

Wall, Rue de Braque. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Detail of a wall next to sidewalk on Rue de Braque, Le Marais, Paris.

I photographed this little vignette while walking around Le Marais in Paris during our visit last summer. We stayed on the edge of this historic district of old buildings and very narrow streets, and we had lots of opportunities to walk everywhere. I’m happy to simply wander here, looking and seeing what shows up.

The street name caught my attention, of course, and to my eye (which is not profoundly sophisticated when it comes to art history) the color palette and the shapes brought to mind the work of the artist himself. I would usually choose to photograph in earlier or later soft light, but I’ve learned to like the start summer light here, too.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.

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