Tag Archives: France

Winter and Memories of Sete, France

These doorways in Sete are quintessential southern France and an example of Mediterranean color theory. With less than a month until the shortest day of the year I’ve been craving color. Forecasters are predicting snow for tomorrow. This may be … Continue reading

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Valentines Day

    Lovers at sunset, on the walls of the medieval city of Carcassone, France. Valentines Day is a concocted business holiday like Mothers Day and Fathers Day. Created to promote the sales of greeting cards, diamonds, and chocolate. Yet, despite … Continue reading

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Azillanet at Night #10

Looking down the Avenue d’Olonzac towards the invisible rolling hills with their patchwork quilt of vineyards and woods. I stood motionless, a shadow with a camera, measuring the passage of time: “Thousand-one, thousand-two … .” Light flowed into the camera, … Continue reading

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Paris: Firemen of rue Saint-Honoré

My philosophy of life can be summed up as: if you don’t play, you can’t win. The best photos are created when the photographer is engaged with the subject.  With people, it means connecting, even briefly, and generating a sharing … Continue reading

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The Copyist: Resurrecting Old Negatives

The Copyist was taken in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, in 1991. I prefer using available light which in this case was a mix of fluorescent and heavily overcast daylight. The painter is reproducing Women Ironing by Degas. At the … Continue reading

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Sunset, Olargues, France, 2003

My wife and I had the very good fortune to spend time in Olargues. Olargues is a commune, the most elementary level of government administration, similar to an incorporated village or town in the U.S. The commune is located in … Continue reading

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