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Homeward

Homeward

Jack Siegel
Architecture, Cityscapes, Travel

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The priority of the restaurant we ate this evening gave us a table that seats five.  I asked why.  She  told me the restaurant would be empty tonight:  Parisians don't like it when it is wet and cold.  It had just started to drizzle, and when the sun goes down, the temperature really drops.  Fortunately, a number of diners came in while we were eating, but the place was not packed.  As we headed back to the Marais, the streets were noticeably empty unlike every other

Blue

Blue

Jack Siegel
Architecture, Cityscapes, Travel

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Landscapes have been difficult this week--grey skies and limestone buildings do not make for great photographs.  Unlike summertime, there is about 10 minutes to play with the dusk sky.  It had just started to rain when this photograph was made.  A straight-up shot of the Seine, with the banks of the Île Saint-Louis visible.  We were standing on the Pont Lois-Philippe.

Mourning

Mourning

Jack Siegel
Cityscapes, Gardens, Travel

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The mourners keep coming to Jim Morrison's gravesite in Père Lachaise Cemetery located in Paris's 20th arrondissement.  Many were not alive when Morrison died while sitting in a Paris bathtub in his apartment located at 17–19 rue Beautreillis in the 4th arrondissement.  No autopsy was performed, but it most likely was as a result of snorting heroin that Morrison thought was cocaine.  

Backlit

Backlit

Jack Siegel
Architecture, Cityscapes, Travel

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Today I concentrated my efforts in one quarter of the cemetery for 3.5 hours.  Never made it to Oscar Wilde's or Edith Piaf's monuments.  Nor was able to help a nice lady find Chopin's grave.  I did run into Collette.  I also ran into one of the victims of the terrorist attack last year November at the Bataclan.

Piet

Piet

Jack Siegel
Architecture, Cityscapes, Travel

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Not much to say about this photograph.  We were in the 16th Arrondissement, visiting Musée Marmottan Monet, which holds the largest collection of Monet paintings in the world, thanks in large part to Monet's last surviving son, who donated the paintings to the museum.

Backward

Backward

Jack Siegel
Architecture, Cityscapes, Travel

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Sometimes your best shot is behind you.  I was standing outside a restaurant, looking toward the Eiffel Tower, which is probably one of the most photographed structures in the world.  Evelyn saw what I was up to, and said, look at the reflection in the restaurant's front door.

Uprising

Uprising

Jack Siegel
Travel, Donald Trump

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The Jeu de Paume has a fabulous exhibition entitled "Uprisings" running through January 15, 2017.  The exhibit takes over the bulk of the exhibition space, covering two floors.  It explores political uprisings, with lots of photography, video, and graphic art to make its points. 

 

Decapitated

Decapitated

Jack Siegel
Cityscapes, Architecture, Travel

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Bad weather usually enhances a photograph of an iconic structure.  This photograph was shot from the Printemps Department Store's 9th floor rooftop on a foggy, but somewhat balmy Sunday the week before Christmas. 

 

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