Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Not about accordions

I wanted to write about accordions - that instrument so evocative in French songs (and in many cultures) - and looked for my photo of the bright yellow accordion shop and studio below Montparnasse. But I couldn't find it. Instead a thread in the photos I discovered suggested vestiges of the past, lives lived and the architecture that remains.


A photo taken after a bombing during the London Blitz


The Grand Palais built for a World Exposition and used today for exhibitions

In the limestone tunnels of the old quarries under the Paris Observatoire - notice the graffitti 1671

remnants of stables that became workshops and garages

a Belle Epoque hotel by the artist's academy

the train track left of 'le petit ceinture' the train beltway that encircled Paris

outside a sculptors atelier
and this because it's the real reason I couldn't write about accordions

Cara - Tuesday
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3 comments:

  1. Jeffrey SigerFebruary 21, 2012 at 9:38 AM

    If that's what you "really do" I'm truly in awe, because unlike those of us mortals who play solitaire with one deck (some more likely with half a deck) you play yours with two. And congratulations, Cara, on your new book, "Murder at the Lanterne Rouge."

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  2. lil GlucksternFebruary 21, 2012 at 1:56 PM

    Once more, your photos bring Paris to life. I'm looking forward to reading your new book.

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  3. Anna SchaferNovember 19, 2015 at 5:26 AM

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