Sans doute parce que j’y suis né, Paris est un des endroits du monde où jusqu’à récemment j’avais le plus de mal à faire des photos. Je n’y ressentais pas vraiment cette combinaison de curiosité, d’empathie et d’émerveillement qui à peu près partout ailleurs me pousse à mettre l’œil à mon viseur et à déclencher…
Ça change toutefois. Deux visites éclairs ces dernières semaines m’ont donné l’opportunité de balades printanières : l’une sur les quais de la Seine (un de mes endroits préférés à Paris), l’autre aux Batignolles, près de là où j’ai grandi. Les deux fois, j’ai senti ces picotements caractéristiques, ce qui m’a permis de rapporter quelques clichés corrects.
La vue de la terrasse du musée d’Orsay vers le nord montre à quel point Paris est encore un village… J’aime bien les rayons de soleil sur l’Opéra et le Sacré Cœur.
Paris from the top of the Musée d’Orsay Didier Cayrac
En ce superbe dimanche de printemps, les parisiens sont de sortie, ensemble…
Paris - Seine river banksPhoto: Didier Cayrac
… ou seuls.
Paris - Seine river banksPhoto: Didier Cayrac
A propos, j’ai vu cette scène à la fois en portrait de rue (ci-dessus) et comme « carte postale » :
Paris - Seine river banksPhoto: Didier Cayrac
… ou est-ce que c’est le contraire ? 😊
A mes yeux, celle-ci est plutôt un portrait de rue :
Paris - Seine river banksPhoto: Didier Cayrac
La température inhabituellement chaude pour mai en a incité plus d’un à maximiser leur exposition……
Paris - Seine river banksPhoto: Didier Cayrac
… tandis que d’autres ont préféré se réfugier à l’ombre des terrasses.
Paris. Photo: Didier Cayrac
Le quartier de mon enfance s’est sensiblement « bobo-isé » au cours des dernières années…
Paris - BatignollesPhoto: Didier Cayrac
… et le square des Batignolles, où j’ai fait mes premiers pas, reste un havre de paix.
Square des Batignolles, ParisPhoto: Didier Cayrac
Je pense que cette scène est en fait plus forte sous l’angle opposé, en version « portrait de rue » (voir mon article à ce sujet) :
Paris - square des BatignollesPhoto: Didier Cayrac
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