The Three Castles

A short trail through the woods leads to the ruins of the Three Castles---more like three towers, really---that are perched on a ridge above Eguisheim, Alsace, France. The structures date…

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Cordes-sur-Ciel at Sunset

Thanks to methodical planning, good luck with the weather, and helpful guides my photography group was able to photograph the ancient town of Cordes-sur-Ciel from across the valley at sunset.…

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Coming into Toulouse

Dreamlike, the landscape of France sped past at high speeds, as I viewed the earth from the windows of the TGV (the high speed train). Dreamlike in feeling, and what…

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Rooftops of Paris Redux

The appeal of a 2016 Rooftops of Paris image---besides the wonderful patterns of chimneys, dormer windows, and Mansard roofs---is an intentional, and vaguely anachronistic, antique look. In contrast, the 2018…

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Our Lady of Chartres

I recently was privileged to visit Chartres Cathedral with my group of Paris photographers. The upper two images were made inside Our Lady of Chartres with a fisheye lens and…

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Paris Landscape

With the storm receding, from the top of the Tour Montparnasse near sunset, Paris looked like it could be any other rain-wracked landscape (of course, it is not, there is…

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Notre Dame

How very, very sad to learn that Notre Dame is on fire. Here are some images I've made over the years with the thought that it is okay to remember…

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Abstracting Sacré-Cœur

High atop the hill of Montmartre sits the cathedral of Sacré-Cœur---which, as I've pointed out before, is emblematic (when constructed) of a hard-right quasi-fascism as encouraged by the Church. From a…

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View of Paris from my room

My garret room in Montmartre is part way up the hill to Sacré-Cœur.  Under the hotel eaves, the room is on the sixth floor (fifth floor by European reckoning), and small.…

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Geometry

This is the ancient and magnificent Pont Valentre in Cahors, France and its reflections in the Lot River on a clear day with still water.

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