St-Vaast-la-Hougue Harbour, France, 2023
Rope, Net, Chain, Shackle
Category: France
Looking at Strangers
Amiens, France, 2023. – The Old Town seemed like an example for gentrification … on the upside, we saw phantastic street art (some of which was just impossible to photograph).
Harbour Blues
Fragments of Château de Gratot
Cotentin, France, May 2023. – At first it did not seem like there was much to see, or photograph. But then we started reconstructing this castle in our minds, trying to figure what it originally was meant to be: a fortification built to defend its inhabitants, then a monument to their wealth. Until the roof came tumbling down on a table already set for a wedding dinner.
As for the photography, I remembered I used to like these bright, cloudy skies because they allow me to work with negative space. So I investigated the interaction of architecture and picture plane a bit, which for me is always a very satisfying way of connecting with the ‘spacial meaning’ of built structures.
No Parking
Granville, France, 2023
More Impressions from Arles
Arles Impressions
Bonnieux
Goult – Evening Walk
A contribution for Jo’s Monday Walks, this post completements the morning walk I shared earlier this fall.
Walls and Windows of Dijon
In a way, graffiti and murals always seem to boil down to saying: “Hey! I exist!” I found these walking around in Dijon, partly in dark and dirty alleys – that’s why I decided not to enhance the light here.
Looking Up in Dijon
“There is no ‘There’ There”
Les ocres de Roussillon
Roussillon is famous for its red and ocher rocks which have been used for making pigments for centuries. Our walk took us along the sentier des ochres (first three pictures), then to the old town of Roussillon where, not surprisingly, most buildings were painted in reds and ochres.
There is also a place they call Colorado de Rustrel – a bit off Roussillon so it was not really part of the walk (but it fits into this post’s theme, pictures five and six).
However, l’usine d’ocre Mathieu (Mathieu’s ochre factory) is so close to Roussillon’s town centre that it can be visited on foot (last three pictures).
… if you enjoyed this walk, make sure to visit Jo’s Monday Walks for stories from all around our world.
Goult – Morning Walk
Je n’atten… pas que… lève toi
“Saget, Steine, mir an, o sprecht, ihr hohen Paläste!
Straßen, redet ein Wort! Genius, regst du dich nicht?”
J. W. Goethe, Römische Elegien, 1
While the poet begs Rome’s walls to talk to him, the walls in the streets of Arles sported many messages, some of them obstructed by noise – ripped off, painted over, gone enigmatic. I was fascinated by the layers, by the idea that someone left a trace, only to be obstructed after a while…
Loquatious Walls (Arles)
Weather
Galérie Bordelaise
Haunted House, Tursac
Paradiso, Montignac
empire of lights 