Et quand il fait moins trois, il fait froid
L’élégance n’a d’importance que si l’on y pense
C’est en passant devant la glace
Qu’il s’aperçoit
(Francis Cabrel, Sanseverino)
Picture: Fujifilm x-Pro3 – 35mm f1.4
Élégance
Tutto questo futuro – Happy New Year!
“Il tempo cancella le intenzioni del cuore
forse questo rimane per la gente come noi
stare vicini, pensare più piano,
capirsi con gli occhi e non perdersi.
Amore, mia speranza con gli occhi sinceri,
io non ho voluto perderti mai.
Eppure mi piace tutto questo futuro
e anche il tempo sprecato che non vedo già più.
Io e te, in mezzo al mondo,
siamo un pugno di fiori.
Ora passa la notte e, come senti,
non piove più.”
(Ivano Fossati, Tutto Questo Futuro)
Picture: Fuji X-PRO3 – Helios 44-2 f.2.0
2020: a year in Paris in 12 pictures. Around me
What a year! We will remember it: for the health concerns, for the lockdown, for the empty streets, for the home working, for the masks, for the change of habits, behaviours, care. For the sacrifices.
But mainly because it forced us to focus on the essential, on what it really matters to us.
Paris still remained around me, and not just because of the absence of travels. I have taken 12 pictures, one for each month. One only. To describe this city.
Bonne Année!
Buon Natale
A different Christmas, but dense of meanings….wishing you That hope will fill our days, our hearts.
Buon Natale
Picture: Fujifilm X100F
Still closed
Unimaginable: a city like Paris, which makes of café, bar, bistro and restaurants one of its main identities, doesn’t seem to see light of opening.
Still closed.
Picture: Fujifilm X-Pro3 – Minolta Rokkor 50mm f.1.7
Line them up
I like the home atmosphere waiting for Christmas. Today marks a new form of lockdown, with curfew at 20:00. Paris should be empty, now, but home is warm alternative to any outdoor city location.
Picture: Konica Hexar AF – Ilford XP2
Unexpected moments
‘Le Passages couverts de Paris’ always offer a dimension of surprise. Not only during Christmas time. The light, the windows, the decorations, the details always give passants an unexpected moment on their way.
Picture: Fuji X-Pro3 – 35mm F/1.4
Goodluck
Touched about this man, who took a moment alone on the street chasing the chance to win a small lottery card.
Picture: Fuji X-Pro3 – Helios 44-2 58mm
Up there
Lockdown and homework bring new opportunities. An early morning walk up to Sacre-Coeur helps you breathing fresh air, find inspiration for your day, move your body. The quiet of this place at that particular hour is regenerating.
I have done it several times over the last few weeks. Up there you see things from distance, you take distance. Luckily, just around me ….
Picture: Fujifilm X-Pro3 – 35mm f/1.4
To let things go
Lockdown 2.0 is limiting us, particularly in space. But still it is a fascinating season, bringing new colours. And I am sure many of us can find some of those colours in the 1hour max / 1km distance and experience how the heat of autumn is so special.
“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.”
Pictures: Fujifilm X-Pro3 – 35mm f1.4 and Canon FD 50mm f2.8
