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On the Road to Paris

31 Wednesday Jul 2024

Posted by dragermeurtant in France, Le Pays, photography, poetry, street photography, Uncategorized

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Europe, fotografie, France, on the road, paris, photography, poetry, poezie, travel

The idea was to make a short trip to Paris by bus at the end of November 2023. Calculated time of departure 9.30 hours, which became 9.50 hours.

This seems like a dull road trip, at 2 hours 30 minutes on the way, N Belgium
A17 in N France, 4 hours on the way
About 4 hours and one minute on the way, now in N France

High way in N France, 5 hours and a minute on the way

On this road hoping for good or better / while seated on the front row in a bus / heading for La Ville Lumière (the City of Light) / rain came pouring, slashing the windows / and changing the experience into murk and flashing screen scenes / of viaducts crossing the motor road.

At the entry of the ‘Peage’ (Toll road), time 14.47 hrs

At the exit of the ‘Peage’ (Toll road) at 16.07 hrs

The driver from Eastern Europe / talking to another driver crossing / the content in a different direction / in their own language / endlessly.

In the tunnel (1)
In the tunnel (2)
At about 6.5 hours drive, Paris is near.

Still, the driver paid attention to the traffic on the road, the lights / and he drove peacefully to the terminus / at Gare de Bercy.

Getting close to the ‘Peripherique’
Readiness to remove our rubbish
Keep left for the Peripherique (at 16.39 hrs)
We are very near now, at 17.19 hours
Exit to Gare de Paris: Gare de Bercy.

Amazement as a source for art

10 Saturday Apr 2021

Posted by dragermeurtant in street photography, Uncategorized

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analog, city, film, France, paris, People, streets, Voigtländer Vitoret

A Paris road

“A road in France / forgot where and when. // That can happen when using analog film / in old Voigtländer camera.”

(one day later, using memory and internet: this is Rue Diderot, just entered from Avenue de Général Leclerc, Pantin, Paris. May 12, 2017)

“Now look, in that window!”

Now, length plays a role. If you are 20 cm longer than me, you will have a different look.

“Yeah, what is it you wanted to show?”

No doubt, analog photography is different from digital. With digital photos I change little, perhaps enhace contrast somewhat, adapt ligth-dark a bit. Rarely major manipulation with saturation and such. But this Kodacolor film, in Voigtländer Vitoret (dating from early 1960s): different cake…

Poste de Surveillance

Along the same road, Avenue Général Leclercq, Pantin, Paris, there is the the entry of Parking has a guard house, with peculiar roof, or should I say: a sort of canopy?

Grand Garage

Experience learns, a car might leave the exit at some speed…

Cocktails and more

After a while and a strech with the Metro (subway) we have come back to the Paris Center.

Coiffure Sandy

In 2017, people sat at a table for coffee, beer or glass of wine, and terror had decreased. No virus in sight, yet.

If you have a choice…

Indoors, no people smoked, so we had coffee inside. Looking through the window, I noticed a message taped to the glass. Everything else is background. All this happened May 12th, 2017

(c) all photos by Drager Meurtant

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