Candid photography in Paris
Pictures of canal Saint-Martin, île de la Cité, île Saint-Louis, jardin des Tuileries, Montmartre, Notre-Dame, place de la Bastille, place de la Nation, place de la République, place des Vosges, pont des Arts, pont Notre-Dame, quai de l’Horloge, Sacré-Cœur, square du Vert-Galant, the Marais, the Pompidou Center and Village Saint-Paul by photographer David Henry.
My first great love in photography has always been candids, pictures of people, in the street, doing odd, unusual, interesting things and portraits. Since I’ve been living in Paris I’ve been taking much more of the typically pretty “postcard” kind of pictures, suitable for coffee table books since there are so much more to take here and because they sell well, all the better. But street photography is still what holds my interest the most. Regardez cette page en français…
Fire eaters performing on boulevard Saint-Germain during the fête de la Musique
A fire eater at a street festival next to the canal Saint-Martin
The Waiters’ Race: The day of fastest service ever
A participant in the annual Gay Pride parade
Clouds of smoke rising from a barbecue during the Fête de la musique
A merguez vendor calms the flames with some water on boulevard Saint-Germain
Agustina Mosca with her didgeridoo in front of the Pompidou Center
African drummers in front of the Grand Halles in parc de la Villette
Walking along quai de l’Horloge on île de la Cité
Laying down parking space lines on rue du roi de Sicile
Three blind photographers in square du Vert-Galant on île de la Cité
A man weighing himself in a pharmacy on boulevard Sébastopol
A woman slamming her fist on the table at the Saint-Régis café
A man with a Barbie handbag in front of Notre-Dame
A young woman cooling off in a shower of mist below pont Marie on the Right Bank
Two sets of people having phone conversations on rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève
A man with a purple beard in front of Notre-Dame
Place de la Bastille by night, opposite the Column of July
Pétanque players at place de la Nation
An amusing sign near the palais de Justice
Stranger wine: A weird translation in Paris
A booby-trapped police van behind l’Hôtel de Ville
A double-headed goat in a shop window on rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs
A scorched, dismantled and vandalized scooter on boulevard du Montparnasse
A statue and a man looking at pictures on a camera in the Tuileries Garden
A teenager on rue Norvins in Montmartre
A friendly wave on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine
Canine human communication, place de la République
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