Street Photography in Paris

With the driver and Paris eternal look, this bike seems to be “Back from the future” with some secret load. (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 35mm Summicron IV at F4, 1/500, ISO200

Should I leave him and run away ? He has been so nice to me, he would be destroyed. But I can’t stand him anymore, he treats me like a dog.  Wait, he would be so hurt, I fear the worse…. ok then, I’ll stay until the puppies are given away.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/4000, ISO200, ND filter

On the glamourous Champs-Elysées, cowboys look sometimes like an anomaly . The models and superstars are there to defend their territory, so watch out.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F2.8, 1/500, ISO 200

Who said boys take longer to grow up ? (and girls stay romantic forever ?)   (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/1000, ISO200

When one arrives at destination, there is almost always a first call in the next minutes. Mother, children, girlfriend, girlfriend #2, hotel, boss, who do you usually dial ? (click to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/500, ISO400

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

A man looks at an hiring ad by a large department store. Thinking about a new job, or maybe a new wife ? (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F2, 1/350, ISO200

This French movie featuring Sophie Marceau (L’age de raison) was released last week on the theme of adults entering a second step in their life (the forties I guess…). Maybe this man was also pondering over whether riding a powerful motorbike on Les Champs-Elysées is still within “the age of reason”.  (click on picture to enlarge)

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

By the Seine river, entertainment areas were set up for the Paris Beach visitors. One of them is the longest babyfoot table in the West. A team definitely looks like it is missing a few valuables hand to counter the little boy.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/3000, ISO200

Not quite the girls of the Moulin-Rouge, but still enjoying a great show in front of Sephora. Who would not want to enroll at Make-up School ?

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/4000, ISO200, ND filter

Whatever she does, a woman in July always has her mind subconsciously on the sales going on in the nearby shop.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/500, ISO200

A lady sits patiently waiting for her turn at a ticket booth on Place Colette. Her little pet seem to appreciate the rest, to the envy of others.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F2.8, 1/1000, ISO200

Be it flying high up in the air or towards the Champs-Elysées passer-bys, two nascent smiles were about to escape.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/1500 , 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

Paris Beach is on again on the piers of the Seine River for a full month. While obviously nobody will take a bath in the River, the sprinklers are here for a refreshing halt.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/2000, ISO200, ND filter

A 2010 James Dean version ?  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/1000, ISO200, ND filter

To celebrate the launch of latest installment of Starcraft, a large department store of Les Champs-Elysées organized a special event on Monday Night. Walking by, a huge blue robot appeared in the crowd and suddenlly came to faced me …  Fear ?  No, based on his look, “Good Guy Inside”, more of a candidate to marry one’s sister.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/125, ISO200

On the plain of les Invalides, a sudden gust of wind lift the hat of this charming girl as she passed by me. So strong was the squall that even my camera tilted…  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/2000, ISO200

In the Luxembourg Garden, three young friends on a summer trip stare at the vegetation in a long silence. Studies, work, and maybe love, these are the times of difficult choices.  (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.2, 1/250, ISO400, ND filter

Today saw the arrival of the Tour de France on Les Champs-Elysées. It was the last one for superstar Lance Armstrong, so a large colony of fans had made the trip to show support and celebrate with him. Good-bye cowboy. (click on picture to enlarge)

Leica M9 with 35mm Summilux Asph at F1.4, 1/1000, ISO160.