During the summer of 2017 I had foot surgery, but before going in the hospital I spent some two weeks in Paris, and a few days in Germany afterwards. All that time I had with me two cameras: my Nikon D700 (with my AF 24-120 f4 zoom), and my Leica M4, with a Zeiss 35mm f2 and a 90mm f2.8 lens made by Konica. For metering, I took a recently (back then) acquired Sekonic L-208 that can be small, discrete and accurate. Film? A mixed bag, but mostly Kenmore ISO 100 and Ilford FP4 (exposed at ISO 125).
Here, the photographs...
Place St Julien Le Pauvre. Artist setting up his work for sale.
Place des Vosges. Girl reading. For this one, I used a Konica Hexanon 90mm f2.8 lens.
Place des Vosges. Corridor and man.
The light was at all times intense and bright, but there were exceptions and places in which I was able to get (interesting) exposures with a bit more contrast, and an air definitely French, or at least continental. Like these ones...
Men conversing in café by Place des Vosges.
Waiter, Ile de St. Louis.
Photo shoot and model. Palais Royal.
Ladies and the cost of living these days. Passage Jouffroy.
Girls at Café Dome, Rue Lévi.
Not all the photographs I have show this "slice of life" quality. Some are deliberately more architectural (or perhaps environmental), because... Paris offers everything everyone may want. I wanted to do this trip and take a Leica I used to own (an M3), with a collapsible Summicron 50mm, but I sold it before anything happened. I am now glad that I was able to take this M4 instead, as I have always found the 50mm focal length a bit too narrow for my taste. Needless to say, I want to return, and I want to do some night photography like I did in Madrid. But enough of that. I'll return with some street shots (literally, photos of streets) that I liked because... I think they're a good representation of the charms of Paris.
A bientôt!
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