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Paris, Now & Then

Walking around Paris, I have always been struck by the remarkable way the city blends the old with the new. Buildings like the Louvre Pyramid, the Pompidou Centre and even the Eiffel Tower were seen as controversial and “too modern” for Paris. Now they are iconic. Paris seems to find balance between reverence for its past with an ability to explore bold new ideas along the way -- and the result is something akin to a stroll through time.

I have tried to mirror some of this Parisian spirit in my series of photographs: on one hand they are made by light refracting into photosensors inside my digital camera, but on the other, I have meticulously printed each image by hand using a salt-based developing technique that is nearly 200 years old.

In this way, the series is my attempt to capture some of the Parisian duality; simultaneously historic and strikingly modern. And in the result I hope you will see Paris as it has always appeared through my lens: timeless.

Paris 2016 “Now & Then” series 27” x 35” Salt print on watercolour paper1/10 V.E. (Varied Edition) - Purchase Inquiries

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