When East meets West

This year again, the wealthy families from the Middle East have elected the Champs-Elysées as their main vacation destination. Day long shopping, coffes on the terraces, luxury cars, but also a lot of social activity going on. Indeed young women and men take the opportunity to meet each other on the Avenue, which is often quite a difficult or prohibited event in their home country. I guess that these summer Holidays in Paris will lead to an increase of happy weddings in the Middle East. (click on picture to enlarge)

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Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F2.8, 1/500, ISO200

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6 Responses to “When East meets West”

  1. Dimitri dit :
    25.7.2010 à 06:26

    Hello -

    When I first look, if there was comment for this shot, I read « No Comment », well exactly… No Comment! Picture says all.
    One more time you caught THE moment! Congratulations… Waouwww…

    - Dimitri

  2. admin dit :
    25.7.2010 à 19:44

    Thanks Dimitri. I thought about putting no comments but I think a background is necessary so the meaning of the image is not mis-interpretated.

  3. Gabriel dit :
    29.7.2010 à 18:08

    Très réussie, elle a un impact particulièrement fort, aussi bien visuel que sociétal.

  4. Jaap dit :
    30.7.2010 à 08:40

    Briljant, excellent shot!

  5. Johan Lindén dit :
    6.6.2011 à 16:31

    Nothing short of incredible, put a smile on my face :)

  6. Yamin dit :
    16.7.2011 à 06:43

    maasha allah..very nice

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