August 27, 2009

After my last post, which had black and white photographs of Paris, I’ve decided to throw some bright colours around. These three photos were all taken in the St-Germain des Prés quartier of Paris, in the 6th arrondissement, which – like so much of Paris – is full of excellent little cafés, little alleys, and walls that made me whip out the camera, line it up while dodging traffic, and squeeze the shutter release.

I have a particular thing about taking photos of walls. I love it when I come across a wall that has paint peeling, old poster marks, drawings. Blocks of colour. A perfectly placed window. I like the scraps that are left behind – staples or sticky tape – and the mixture of concrete and paint and paper and colour, all within the rectangular confines of the space defined by the wall. I think it’s simply excellent that these gems just happen naturally in a city like Paris, and while I was there I roved the streets happily, camera in hand.