Paris Observations
Based on the ideas of the Flâneur, an urban wanderer first described by Charles Baudelaire in the mid-1800’s who would roam the streets observing the changing urban environment surrounding him, I roam the streets of Paris in mid February 2022 observing the environment that I encounter. The use of black and white film to capture the world I see was inspired by an exhibition I had seen a few days earlier at the Institut du Monde Arabe about the photographer Raymond Depardon, showcasing black and white photographs of his taken in Algeria between 1961 and 2019.