La Défense (Blocs)
The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #157 is ‘getting away’.
La Défense is a big, modern office area in Paris. I remember my teacher for French saying she did not like it at all, too modern, on the old axe of the Champs Elysées and Louvre. Years later I was curious about the area and went there on a long weekend trip, hoping for some nice images. Feeling small between the buildings of big companies, rising high up over the skyline of Paris. An alienating place, where human size did not seem to matter.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
Shot with Nikon F301 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
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10 Responses to “La Défense (Blocs)”
hi chris, a wonderful picture i like it very much.
many greetings robert
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Thank you very Much Robert!
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What an interesting building — and it doesn’t at all look like the France I’ve seen a couple of times. I tend to agree with your French teacher. But I also love your statement at the end: An alienating place, where human size did not seem to matter. Any building that affects your feelings must be a building of interest, and so is this one. I’d love to get away to see it!!! Thanks for participating in the challenge!
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You are right, it puts your own being in perspective walking there. If you ever visit Paris again, you can see La Défense if you look West over the Champs Elysees under the Arc de Triomphe. I will defintely pay another visit again!
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We were watching the last of the Tour de France last night. Both of us would love a return to France, especially Paris. Not sure if it’s in our future, so posts like yours help us travel from our computer screens! Thanks for posting!
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You are welcome! Browse the Paris Archive, there is some more of Paris in there. I hope you visit again soon, that would be wonderful
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Thanks for telling me about your archive. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
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The link is under the photo in the bullets
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Great shot.
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Thank you!
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