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
La Samaritaine used to be one of Paris biggest department store until it closed a few years ago. Nevertheless on that day, this girl gladly played the role of theGood Samaritan with her boyfriend on the Pont Neuf bridge. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/4000, ISO160
As they wait for the signal to let the balloons fly away at the Day against Misery charity, a man and a woman stand stoically in the wind. Others did not resist the wind. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 35mm Summilux Asph, ISO160
Sorry about this bad translation to English, the picture should actually be titled “A kiss in front of Virgin” 
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Leica M8 with 28mm Summicron at F2.8, 1/180, ISO160
A man smokes a cigarette in confidence while this date leans shyly her head away. The Tuileries Garden in Fall is such a wonderful place for a chat in the sunset. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 28mm Summicron at F2, 1/4000, ISO160
In the Bercy Parks, columns covered with vegetation run parrallel to a little pond. It provides little hide out from the passer-bys. Well, almost, one could say. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/750, ISO160
As this man had ordered the very special Rose cocktail from the owner of this bar, his eyes were already fixed on the recipient of his little surprise. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, ISO640
… but not this way. Probably what was in the mind of this frightened girle as this couple gt ready to be catapulted in the Tuileries Garden sky. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/125, ISO640
A few days ago, I commented on cliché pictures that foreigners take when they visit Paris (”High Tech Monks” entry). I guess this one could be one of them as a a man wearing a beret and eating a baguette sits by the Seine River with his fiancee. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 28mm Summicron at F2, 1/750, ISO160
As the last rays of light disappear behind the clouds, this couple sits still in contemplation of the Louvre Palace and the Great Wheel. Silence speaks more than words sometimes (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, ISO640
As these two young persons share a moment of complicity by the Seine during Paris Plage (Paris at the Beach), an old laser saying hangs behind them on the walls of a bridge. “There is no light without shadows” by Luis Aragon
Leica M8 with 60mm Hexanon at F2.8, ISO640
With the Pantheon in the background, a couple is engaged in an intense discussion. Was the Cupidon contemplating the scene from Church of Gods ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 85mm Jupiter 9, ISO640
As this Rose street vendor neared these two girls contemplating the Seine River, not much attention was paid to him. How many flowers a day must he offer, with a no as an answer ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, ISO160
Never a good idea to count on public transportations when you are late to a “rendez-vous” …. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 24mm Elmarit at F2.8, ISO160
As Paris slowly vanishes in the dark, this couple takes a few minutes to talk about … the weather ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 50mm Noctilux at F1, ISO160