Paris is gonna Paris.
Ran into these guys in Rivoli. I had taken a picture of these two about five years ago but the dog’s hair was just white. The dude actually remembered. I’m not sure about the dog….
#street_badass
Back in my hometown of Holland, Michigan. The annual Tulip Time festival is underway, so there are a ton of wooden shoes, dutch costumes and some of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet out on the town.
#hollandmichigan #tuliptime #woodenshoes #flashphotography #streetphotography
Paris is going to Paris.
One of the things about the French language that I find so amusing, is some of the terms you hear and how they make sense in a very French way. I was recently speaking with Lo, my brother from another mother, @lostreetphoto and the word bribe came up in the conversation. I had no idea how to say this word in French. The French word was found with a two pronged method: through the word “baksheesh” we both knew and me looking it up on my phone.
The French word for bribe is “pot-de-vin”, literally a pot of wine. This is the best French of terms I’ve learned in a while. Just remember, when coming to France, have the wine ready.
#france #paris #parigo #streetphotography
Paris is gonna Paris.
Paris is gonna Paris is a project I started a few years back to document the people I meet as well as different places in the city I see on my daily walks. The photo walks now are often as much about running into friends and people I’ve photographed before as they are about the photography. I sometimes hear from other photographers that there is an expectation of street photos to be candid, I tried shooting only candid back in the day and just wasn’t having fun. I want to talk to the people I photograph. So I do when I am able. This seems to work for me.
Paris is going to Paris came about from running around Paris shooting two other projects: Scooters & dogs. Both of which I’ve had a ton of fun shooting. The scooter drivers, I believe, can see that I’d really like to be haulin’ ass around the city on a shooter ( I found a rental place so that may happen yet ) and the dogs can see I’m a dog person ( we now have a chihuahua, a challenging dog lovers dog ).Danny @_barksey_ and I talked about projects on last week’s @street_badass livestream with the uber talented guest @markseymourphotography . ( Mark will be a presenter at the upcoming @street_badass_london_fest at the end go May ). We all seemed to agree too many projects is better than too few.
Paris is gonna Paris.
This morning’s photo walk. Ran into the meat delivery guys over on rue de Levi and they allowed me to get on the truck to shoot some lamb that was being delivered. The awesome metro repairmen at Blanche gave me an amazing old laminated metro map that they were changing out with the you are here sticker on it-it’s like 4 x 3 foot, so good and big. Stoked. Got a haircut and a shave at the Sri-Lanka barber near place de Clichy. I saw that le Wepler restaurent has been completely gutted since I was last there. I really really hope it is just a renew as that place was awesome. I checked the website and it says temporarily closed so we will see.
Every time I see a Coca-Cola advertisement I’m reminded of Lenny’s @lennyruizc series invoking the same. Check out Lenny’s series you have a chance.
Getting excited for the @street_badass London Festival coming up at the end of May. The submissions for the photography contest this year were fantastic and it’s an honour to be able to display all of the finalists at the festival’s exhibition. There were so many amazing photos.
#paris #streetphotography #flashphotography
Umbrellas around the world. Tokyo, NYC, Paris, Buenos Aires, Rome, Bangkok, and Mumbai. #umbrella #flashphoto #streetphotography
Are you only happy when it rains?
Paris is gonna Paris.
Opéra fun working the scene with the Ricoh GR2. Shooting with the Ricoh reminds me of when I first got the camera back in the day. One of the best cameras out there with a built in flash-so small that people don’t take much notice. It was a heart breaker for me when the flash was removed in the later models. I got the flash with the GR3 and it worked well, but it’s just better built in. #ricohgr2 #ricohgr #paris #parigot #paname