A Security Alert on May Day 2015 © 2015 Chant Wagner The most surprising aspect of this May Day was that there were no muguet sellers in sight in the morning when usually there are plenty. The explanation was...
Paris Photo Archives
Simply Spring XIII - Young Men Reading + Chestnut Trees in Bloom {Paris Photo}
Young Men Reading in the Jardin du Luxembourg - Early Spring © 2015 Chant Wagner Today is the last day of April. It is also International Jazz Day, so we felt this was our last chance to squeeze in...
Men with Flowers II - A Hat for Two, or Three {Paris Photo} {Fashion Notes}
A Hat for Two, or Three © 2008 Chant Wagner For some reason, this is a picture I really like on a personal level. It makes me happy just looking at it. The pastel yet vivid colors and the...
Waiting for Mother {Paris Photo}
Waiting for Mother © 2015 Chant Wagner A family was walking in a single file. The mother is off the camera. What is attention-getting in this scene is the intensity with which the two little girls are waiting for...
Bubble & Baker Boys' Ballet {Paris Photo}
Bubble & Baker Boys Ballet © 2015 Chant Wagner A street scene in a time of peace showing two "garçons boulangers" delivering their daily bread to local businesses with dance-y steps while watching without missing a step the bubble...
Simply Spring XII - Picnic & Concert on the Lawn in Cambridge, MA {Paris Photo}
Picnic & Concert on the Lawn in Cambridge, MA I © Chantal-Hélène Wagner These are two pictures I took of a student concert at Lowell House, Harvard University in Cambridge, Ma several years ago. The fuzzy, radiant texture of...
Best Fragrances for Coachella & Music Festivals {Perfume List} {Paris Photo} {Fashion Notes}
Coachella - The View from Paris © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner How To Escape the Mass-Marketing of Coachella? That is the Question As I was perusing slideshows on Coachella street style, I have to say that in 2015 I come...
Men with Flowers I - Drummer with Cherry Blossom Fascinators {Paris Photo}
Blurry Vision of a Drummer with Cherry Blossom Fascinators © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner I wish I could have had my hands free to take pictures of these two passing-by men. With several bags in hand, I was just able...
Simply Spring XI - Pigeon Pair: Parallelism & Contrasts {Paris Photo}
Pigeon Pair - Parallelism & Contrasts © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner Purple flowers growing wildly on green tin roofs and pigeons deciding to pose for human beings after giving it some consideration and consulting between themselves, how better could spring...
Simply Spring X - Glaring & Crystalline {Paris Photo}
Glaring & Crystalline © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner I think you almost need sunglasses to look at this photo. It hurts the retina after a while......
Simply Spring IX - Bird & Flower Live Mosaic {Paris Photo}
Bird & Flower Live Mosaic © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner This picture I took last week. I liked the way in which the richness of the bird, flower - and to some extent people - shapes, forms a colorful mosaic......
Simply Spring VIII - The Third Eye {Paris Photo}
The Third Eye © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner Continuing with our study of spring and street happenstance in Paris in 2015. As you can see, the light has become whiter and stronger......
Simply Spring VII - Pied Bouquet & Young Shoots at Shakespeare & Co. {Paris Photo} {Scented Quote of the Day}
The Pied Bouquet - Springtime at Shakespeare & Co. © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner One of the most atmospheric places you can hope to visit in Paris is the hallowed literary book-store-cum-library located on the left bank of the Seine,...
Simply Spring VI - Cherry Tree Branch at Sunset {Paris Photo}
Cherry Tree Branch at Sunset ~ Branche de cerisier au coucher du soleil © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner Cherry trees are blossoming and spraying their frothy petals in the atmosphere and on the ground......
Simply Spring V - Lovers' Quarrel {Paris Photo}
Lovers' Quarrel ~ Querelle d'amoureux © 2015 Chantal-Hélène Wagner Even if the garden was peaceful and quiet and the young, adolescent couple were not noisy at all, you could sense a tension in the air and between the two...