Not easy to select the postcards that will engrave one’s memories of Paris forever. My role was easier and one geniune look was engraved forever that night on Les Champs-Elysées.
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/125, ISO1000
This peaceful Army had only one goal in mind yesterday, that is to march down the street of Paris to celebrate the Chinese New Year. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/2000, ISO160, ND filter
A man walks on the piers of the Seine River when he stops to contemplate a poster of the Che Guevara. Did it bring back to his mind some revolutionary ideas from the past ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/1400, ISO160
On Les Champ-Elysées, a waiter serves as tout for a restaurant. He looks more like movie character then a customer hunter. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/350, ISO160
A girl rushes to the Printemps Shopping center for the last days of sales. Why spend more money when one has a look that show so much personality ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/2000, ISO160
As this elegant cowboy walks down les Champs-Elysées, he seemed worried by the news he is getting on his mobile phone. Was it Houston on the other side as the price of oil was crashing yesterday ?
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/250, ISO2500
I encountered this man on the Ile de la Cité where he was having a morning walk in the early sunlights. The story of his life can probably be read in his face. Pain, tiredness but also pride, dignity and still ingenious glance. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/4000, ISO160
It’s the story of a guy … (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/500, ISO160
On Les Champs-Elysées, people sit on the terraces and look at passerby’s.
Leica M9 with 40mm Summicron at F2.8, 1/180, ISO160 (cropped)
While walking down the Rivoli street, you might encounter this lovely girl. And if you are nice, she might give you a chocolate. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/250, ISO160
Though it is a bit out of focus, this pictures portraits well the atmosphere within Paris today as cold air from Russia swept through the city. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/710, ISO160
An abandoned umbrella, an elegant girl in a hurry and a lost glove. A modern cinderella tale ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F2, 1/180, ISO160
On a cold day, a courageous Chinese restaurant employee eats her lunch on the terrace. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux at F1.4, 1/250, ISO160
A bit of a surrealistic scene I guess … I’ll leave the interpretation up to your imagination today. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/2000, ISO160
Well dressed, both with flowers … I wonder which one of them got the great pleasure to be presented to their future parents-in-law ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 35mm Lux Asph at F2.8, 1/1000, ISO160
On a busy afternoon in Saint-Germain, this waiter escapes the terrace full of guests of a Candy Shop for a little chat. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 28mm Summicron at F2.8, 1/250, ISO160
When a Savoy man visits the capital, he can’t stand more than a few days before he sits in a terrace to enjoy a wonderful Fondue. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 28mm Summicron at F2, 1/500, ISO160
Incognito in the crowd on the afternoon but a dance popstar at night ? (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 28mm Summicron at F2.8, 1/500, ISO160
Few residents remain around the Arch of Triumph, yet this couple seemed to have been there forever. The long afternoon walk that ends up on the same bench, looking at the flow of tourists passing by. Surely they must have seen quite a few strange specimens by looking at their expression. (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 35mm Summicron at F4, ISO160
Though the blackboard promoted a “Tartes aux pommes” (Apple Pie), this girl was no “tart” but a lovely Paris visitors having a drink on a terrace close to Montmartre (click on picture to enlarge)
Leica M8 with 60mm Hexanon at F2.8, 1/350, ISO160