A little Paris before bedtime

I shot this one leaning across my friend Fabien, who was driving, while stuck in traffic on one of the bridges crossing the Seine in the center of Paris. In August, the sun is magical in Paris between 8pm and 9pm. It's just golden and brilliant, and contrasts amazingly with the dark shadows spreading throughout the city as night falls. When I see light like this, I appreciate Rembrandt, Vermeer and all the other artists who caught this golden light in their paintings around Europe.



This is a trompe l'oeil bird painted on a window shade inside an old palace room at the Louvre. I love the intricacy of the design, and how from a few feet away, it looks 3D.



This is people exiting the Louvre at closing time. Something about the uniformity, and the flow, of the people gave me a charge.



Just a girl sitting in the Louvre, with some great shadow and light.



The more I look at this picture, the more it's looking like a mini mushroom cloud going off in the middle of the Louvre main courtyard. Not quite my intent, but oh well.