I Prefer Paris

Ile de Re Shadow Photos

On my trip to Ile de Re last month, I went out in the late afternoon one day and the light was just gorgeous. I started to notice the strong and graphic shadows of the trees on the buildings, garden walls, and doors. I’ve done a few other series of shadow photos in the past two years, and I’ve added this series to it. 

Do you like these photos and do you have some favorites? 

Please watch my latest A Bite of Paris video, where I make and bake a Dark, Chocolate, Chestnut Cake.

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Ile de Ré in the Fog

On the second morning when I visited Ile de Ré, when I opened the shutters of my hotel room, a thick fog blanketed the harbor. Although it was supposed to be sunny later in the day, I was thrilled by the sight of the fog, because we rarely have fog in Paris. 

I immediately got dressed, and ran out of the hotel, even before eating their delicious breakfast and drinking thier strong coffee, to take photos. There’s a park area with lots of trees and walking paths along the sea. The fog covering parts of the trees was astonishingly beautiful and I took lots of photos. What was so interesting after I viewed the photos when I transferred them to my computer, was that part of them looked like black and white from the from the effect of the fog and the other parts, the faint greenness of the trees, the color came through. It was like having black and white and color in the same photo without having to make alterations.  

Do you like these and have some favorites? 

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

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Literal Street Art

Back in late March I posted about my new Instagram account, @literal_street art. Here’s another group of photos, where I take photos of what literally I see on the street and sidewalks. Some of these I have not put on my Instagram account yet, so you are seeing them here first. 

Paris Trash Cans

You are probably scratching your head and possibly saying the following things about the above blog title, photo, and post below.

1. Has Richard lost his mind, flipped his wig, gone insane, lost his marbles, gone off his rocker, gone mad, gone bonkers, went mental, or went bananas? Poor thing, the lockdown really must have gotten to him. 

2. Why is Eye Prefer Paris posting about trash cans? Is that the only thing going on in Paris right now? 

3. I know Richard has posted wacky things in the past, but photos of trash, really? 

4. How interesting, I’m intrigued. 

5. I love Paris so much and so blindly, even their trash is chic and beautiful. 

6. These are the most genius and brilliant photos I’ve ever seen. 

7. None of the above, I’m just going to put this trash in my computer trash.  

Alright, here’s the scoop on these photos. As many of you know and I wrote about it a few months ago, I started a new Instagram account @literal_streetart, where I post photos of what I see on the sidewalks and streets below me. I was out one day trying to shoot new photos of the street for my new account. I walked and walked and wasn’t finding anything new or interesting to shoot. Suddenly, I passed a trash can, and it visually and graphically appealed to me. So, I started walking up to trash cans, peering inside, and taking photos. You could imagine the strange looks I got from people while doing this. 

Let me know what you think of these photos and if you would like to see more. Are they just trash or art? As they say, one man’s trash can be another man’s artistic inspiration. 

I want to thank everyone for their feedback and comments about the black and white photos versus the color photos of the 16th arr. from last week.  It turns out you voted almost equally between the two formats, so I will continue with both. I purposely chose different photos for the color version, which showed off the colors of the window boxes and greenery. 

 

Rodin In His Garden At Musée Rodin

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I can’t remember the last time I visited the Rodin Museum, so when I read there was a new exhibition, I returned. It was late morning on Saturday, when I visited. Once there, I forgot how beautiful and serene it was, an oasis of calm and order. 

Rodin In His Garden is a collection of 35 photos, most of which Rodin had commissioned photographers to document and promote his work (If he was living today, he probably would have used Instagram and Facebook). The museum has an extensive photo library which is rarely shown. The photos are mounted on signposts and displayed throughout the garden. When you walk into the courtyard of the museum, there are photos of the period when Rodin lived in the Hotel Biron (now the museum) between 1908 and 1917. In the wooded area of the gardens photos of the sculpture series Burghers of Calais, and Victor Hugo are shown, and the other side are photos of Rodin’s sculptures interpreted by Jacques-Ernest Bulloz, Stephen Haweis & Henry Coles, Eugène Druet and Charles Bodmer.

The richness of the texture in the black and white and sepia photos capture Rodin’s work in an artful and romantic way. 

Rodin In His Garden

Until November 29, 2020

Musée Rodin, 77 rue de Varenne, 75007 

Metro : Varenne 

http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en

Free Admission to Maison Objet

Maison Objet, one of the largest and most prestigious home design and furniture fairs in the world, is going digital this year. Usually Maison Objet is reserved for industry people and cost 50€ to enter, but you now have the privilege to visit online for free. Checkout the latest trends in the home design industry by visiting the digital showrooms and listening to digital talks with designers, chefs, and industry experts. 

https://mom.maison-objet.com/en

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

Please share this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel.

 

 

Best of Eye Prefer Paris: Everything’s Coming Up Roses in Paris

If it seems I am posting beaucoup garden photos lately it’s because I can’t get enough of Paris in the springtime.

It’s now the season of the roses and I’ve been chasing their bursting blooms all over town. There’s a hidden gem of a rose garden in the Marais, which I always go to this time of the year to literally smell the roses. They didn’t disappoint this season with their perfume tingling my nostrils.

I got word yesterday of a special rose show in the gardens of the Palais Royal and I raced over to get a glimpse and to take some snaps. In addition to the overflowing rose beds in the garden there was a series of potted rose bushes where the buds were striving to bloom.

After the Palais Royal I was at the Shangri La Hotel for a meeting and spent some quiet moments in their sublime private garden with the most delicate pink roses climbing up a trellis.  

What’s your favorite garden in Paris for roses?

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

Please share this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel.

 

Best of Eye Prefer Paris: Gardens at Musée Bourdelle

 

After viewing the Back Side/ Fashion from Behind Exhibition, I took time to visit the front courtyard and back garden. Bourdelle’s mighty sculptures of warriors, Greek gods and goddesses, horses, and historical figures fill the gardens along with manicured hedges, white hydrangeas, and holy hocks.

Antoine  Bourdelle was born in 1861, the son of wood craftsman and cabinet maker and left school to assist his father. At age 24 he was admitted to the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts. Bourdelle was not only well schooled, studying under Rodin, he later on formed his own school and taught noted sculptors including Matisse and Giacometti. He moved into the current studio in 1885, working there until his death in 1929. The museum contains over 500 of Bourdelle’s works including marble, plaster, and bronze statues, paintings, pastels, fresco sketches along with Bourdelle’s own collection of works by Eugène Carrière, Eugène Delacroix, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Auguste Rodin.

Musée Bourdelle

18 Rue Antoine Bourdelle, 75015

Metro: Falguiere

http://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/exhibitions/back-side/fashion-behind

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

Please share this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel.

 

After viewing the Back Side/ Fashion from Behind Exhibition, I took time to visit the front courtyard and back garden. Bourdelle’s mighty sculptures of warriors, Greek gods and goddesses, horses, and historical figures fill the gardens along with manicured hedges, white hydrangeas, and holy hocks.

Antoine  Bourdelle was born in 1861, the son of wood craftsman and cabinet maker and left school to assist his father. At age 24 he was admitted to the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts. Bourdelle was not only well schooled, studying under Rodin, he later on formed his own school and taught noted sculptors including Matisse and Giacometti. He moved into the current studio in 1885, working there until his death in 1929. The museum contains over 500 of Bourdelle’s works including marble, plaster, and bronze statues, paintings, pastels, fresco sketches along with Bourdelle’s own collection of works by Eugène Carrière, Eugène Delacroix, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Auguste Rodin.

Musée Bourdelle

18 Rue Antoine Bourdelle, 75015

Metro: Falguiere

http://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/exhibitions/back-side/fashion-behind

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

Please share this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel.

Best of Eye Prefer Paris: Giverny Again

I am taking a petit vacation this week, so here are my summer rerun blogs. Since I’ve received so many comments about the gardens in Gerberoy, I decided to post some parks, gardens, and flower posts from the past. See you the week of August 10 with all new posts. 

I can’t seem to get enough photos of Giverny. I recently did a tour of Giverny with a client and captured some great landscapes and summer flowers. Since it’s the rentree for the French this week and back to school for Americans, I thought this would be a reminder of summer.

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

Please share this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel.

 

I can’t seem to get enough photos of Giverny. I recently did a tour of Giverny with a client and captured some great landscapes and summer flowers. Since it’s the rentree for the French this week and back to school for Americans, I thought this would be a reminder of summer.

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

Please share this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel.

Shadow Photos July 2020

There’s hardly been any rain in Paris since June, and most days have been bright and sunny, which are perfect conditions for shadows casting their intriguing shapes on the sidewalks and streets.

Here are links to my other shadow photo series. 

https://www.ipreferparis.net/2020/03/black-and-white-shadow-photos-.html

https://www.ipreferparis.net/2019/09/shadow-photos-2-.html

https://www.ipreferparis.net/2019/07/shadow-photos-tuileries-.html

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

Please share this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel.

Window Boxes 2020- Part Two

I’ve photographed so many new window boxes since my first series in June, I’ve decided to post them today. 

Do you have favorites here? 

I am happy to have the prolific author John Baxter as my guest on A Bite of Paris. John has written many books about Paris including The Most Beautiful Walk in World, We’ll Always Have Paris, and books about the neighborhoods of Paris. Montmartre, Saint Germain des Pres, and Montmartre. John has also written two books about food in France, The Perfect Meal and Eating Eternity. 

John and I had coffee outdoors at the pastry shop and café, Gerard Mulot, in Saint Germain des Pres. 

Please watch the video at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPCLR-6ACg

For more about John and to purchase his books go to https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/

Please share this video and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube channel.