Saturday, December 21, 2013

The Weekend in Black and White

I have a special fondness for the passages
of Paris (and worked in one of them
for several years).  Some have been spruced
up and are filled with colorful shops.
Some are a bit run-down, with more utilitarian
businesses—like this one, Passage du Caire.
It may not be very elegant, but it has good bones.

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8 comments:

  1. With a skylight designed after Naum Gabo who could go wrong?

    I do like the looks of your passage. It looks real, lived in. And not at all like some sterile, artificial architectural prop one would be afflicted by on a Disneyland Main Street.

    Kidding and whinging aside this has got to be one of the most fascinating photos of Paris I have ever seen. Paris! The real deal. Atget even.

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  2. Looking around the street view I was surprised that this was really close to the old Cour des Miracles that played such a key role in The Hunchback of Notre Dame as the place of residence of those whom, um, often derived income from alternative means.

    I love those three lasses who have aspirations as caryatids as here.

    The other entrance looks even more lived in (or on).

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  3. If those three women seem to have a bit of an Egyptian aura about them it could be explained by Caire being French for Cairo.

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  4. The lines in the ceiling creates great patterns. Well photographed.

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  5. Wonderful photo! I like the lines and light!

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