As magnificent as Parisian architecture is in person, somehow, rendered in black and white photographs, the geometric patterns assert themselves even more dramatically. This collection of images celebrates the dynamic angles, diamonds, squares and arches found throughout places both grand and iconic, and humble and everyday. Above, a staircase in the Louvre.
The famous clock in the Musée d'Orsay, through which one can glimpse Sacre Coeur and Montmartre.
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Le Grand Roue, seen against a winter sky.
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A detail of the Eiffel Tower with light playing along the iron scrolls.
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The Art Nouveau ceiling of La Cupole at Galeries Lafayette, the popular department store.
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This sweeping staircase in Marie Antoinette's Petit Trianon inspires fantasies of an elegant descent in ballroom attire.
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The Questel staircase in the Palace of Versailles is breathtaking to behold – and was very breathtaking to photograph at this angle! Rarely is it this empty of people – we obtained special access to photograph it when the Palace was closed to the public.
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The once-controversial I. M. Pei pyramid at the Musée de Louvre is now a highly-regarded addition which enhances, by justaposition,
the ornate facades of the museum.
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And lastly, this cobblestone street in Montmartre, with its multi-hued stone and zigzag markings, proves that even the most common features in Paris can convey style and design.
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Until next time. À bientôt!