Paris in black & white
(gallery 9a)
"Black and white photography is like chiseling a diamond - it discards the inessential to reveal the substance."
Carole Devillers ("The World's Greatest Black & White Photography" book)
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Afternoon light on the bridge
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Street mime
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Vintage metro entrance
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Vintage metro station
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At sidewalk cafe in Montmartre
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Montmartre street
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Cafe in Montmartre
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The Black Cat art gallery
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Restaurant in Montmartre
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Watching over Paris
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Pont des Arts
(Arts Bridge)
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Gargoyles of Notre Dame
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Alley of restaurants
Latin Quarter
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Metro station
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Ducks by the Louvre Pyramid
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A ray of sun on Arc de Triomphe
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Priest packing for the rain
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Rue des Rosiers
Jewish Quarter
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Old man feeding pigeons
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In the metro
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Maternity clothes ensigna
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Roller skaters
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Roller skaters
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Sketching artist
Montmartre
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"Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes a precise moment in time. We play with subjects that disappear; and when they’re gone, it’s impossible to bring them back to life. We can’t alter our subject afterward.... Writers can reflect before they put words on paper.... As photographers, we don’t have the luxury of this reflective time....We can’t redo our shoot once we’re back at the hotel. Our job consists of observing reality with help of our camera (which serves as a kind of sketchbook), of fixing reality in a moment, but not manipulating it, neither during the shoot nor in the darkroom later on. These types of manipulation are always noticed by anyone with a good eye."
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French photographer 1908-2004), "American Photo", Sep/Oct 1997.
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