A man exits a liquor store on Rue Mouffetard with a yellow rose in his hand. All women like flowers but some prefer Champagne. And some want both, maybe what suddenly came to the mind of this man. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 35mm Summicron IV at F2, 1/2000, ISO160
A couple kiss on the Pont des Artistes over the Seine River. Maybe will they also add a padlock as symbol of an eternal love pledge. Yet at the same moment on the opposide side of the bridge, a man was busy removing one of the locks in front of a captivated audience. Like an expert thief, he was listening to the lock mechanism in the hope to find the opening combination. A disappointed lover trying to undo a former pledge and start over a new life ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/8000, ISO160
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/4000, ISO160
At the Vesuvio Café, the volcano inside seems too shy to explode. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/2000, ISO200, ND filter
On Sundays on Les Champs-Elysées, young boys stride along the Avenue and approach lonesome girls for an un unprobable date. A look, a smile, a no, and she is gone. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/2000, ISO200
In front of a post office in Le Marais, a passionate lover wrote “I send you all my love”. Meanwhile a few blocks away a man is on his way to deliver his message himself. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summicron IV, ISO200
Being two kilometers long, the Champs-Elysées can be quite a tiring walk, especially in the wee hours of the morning. Hopefully, there still exists gentlemen to give a little help. And with pleasure obviously. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/500, ISO200, ND filter
Overlooking Paris while climbing the Sacré Coeur stairways, a couple take a little romantic break. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/125, ISO800
As Paris welcomes the solstice with music in every streets, the St-Honoré Market hosts tango dancers under his roof. A little dance to welcome the summer, three wonderful months to come, Paris at his best. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/125, ISO800
A couple contemplates the sunset over the Trocadero.
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/4000, ISO80
The sight of the majestuous obelix might throw one into a long contemplation. Hopefully, these lovers knew how to shelter themselves in the morning rain. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/4000, ISO160
In a tiny street leading to Les Champs-Elysées, a young couple spends a few romantic minutes before facing the crowded avenue. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/125, ISO1600
As I got near this couple in the Tuileries Garden, suddenly the sound of a familiar music came to my ears. The boy was holding a loudspeaker playing the soundtrack of “Amélie Poulain”. For those that haven’t seen this iconic movie on modern romance in Paris, rent it whenever you can. For those that do have seen it, click here to launch a slideshow that will play the soundtrack and come back to the picture. Then think, is their story a good remake of the movie ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/4000, ISO160
Given the sweet look, he most apparently did. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/250, ISO160
A girl wandering with her dog, a boy peeping at the latest magazinse. How many stories start on the border of a street, waiting for the light to turn green ? (click on picture to enlarg)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/90, ISO1000
How many couple of lovers must that tree have seen, wandering on the banks of the Seine River. Most of them it will forget, except for the ones that marked it with seals of endless love promises. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/2000, ISO80, ND Filter
Conquest, siege, rebellion, truce ? Love is like war games under the eyes of Rê. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/1000, ISO160
Sometimes the most inflamed words are not enough to bewitch one’s lover. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F4, 1/250, ISO160
No, you won’t escape the traditional Valentine’s day picture. Yet, no couples, no kiss, no flowers, but a simple balloon tied up at the entrance of the Louvres. Left behind or romantic meeting point ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/500, ISO160
but was the inside an empty shell ?
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux at F1.4, 1/180, ISO160
Can’t say that the look of this girl was icing her companion, but maybe sending a magic spell. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/1400, ISO160
