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Paris\u00a0 – 40 years ago<\/h5>\n

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The above photo was taken 40 years ago, in October 1984.\u00a0 I spent that month in Paris – I was learning French at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise, 101 boulevard Raspail.<\/p>\n

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A few years ago I noticed that the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise is still there in Boulevard Raspail ! It is right next to number 99, the Nikon showroom in Paris, as the photo below from Google Street view shows. Five years ago I bought a camera in this Nikon store – a Nikon D7200 demo model with about 250 clicks for 539 euros.\u0081<\/p>\n

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At the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise our lessons were in the morning and in the afternoons and week-ends we were free – in my case to explore Paris and to take photos. At that time I was using a Nikon FM2 loaded with Kodachrome. The images you see here I scanned from the Kodachrome slides. Unfortunately over time the colour in the slides has degraded a bit, but in LIghtroom I was able to repair some of this damage using the Auto White Balance tool.<\/p>\n

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Yes, 40 years is a long time – it is true, I started taking photos as a child, and I was no longer a child when I went to Paris in 1984 !!!<\/p>\n

The first photo above and the next photo were taken one Sunday morning in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Some morning fog was lingering in the air.<\/p>\n

The lady with the dog was sitting on one of the benches in front of the cathedral that you see in the next photo.She was feeding the pigeons.<\/p>\n

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This photo is one of my all time favourites. Around 1990 I had a Cibrachrome print made from the original Kodachrome transparency. I still have that print. For the print, the above image was reframed and the result you see below<\/p>\n

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Around the time I took these photos I was aiming to have depth in my images and that is probably why I took the above photo from this particular angle. I think the row of trees gives a strong 3D effect. I was, and still am, impressed by the elegance of the street lamps shown here.<\/p>\n

But if you go to Paris today, you won’t see what this photo shows. Even ten years ago, when I went back to take a look, everything had changed – in a detrimental way, in my opinion. Much of the charm you see in this photo was gone.<\/p>\n

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Even back in 1984 there were joggers in Paris and I suppose in this image I was again seeking a 3D effect.<\/p>\n

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I don’t remember now where or why I took this photo. The statue should enable the place to be precisely identified. If you can tell me where in Paris this statue can be found I would be glad to know.<\/p>\n

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The rest of these photos reflect my interest then in capturing some of the glamour and chic in Paris. I don’t think my photos from 40 years ago are remarkable technically. I hope I am a better photographer now than I was then, but in 1984 I was a visiting foreigner trying to capture some impressions.\u00a0 Despite their imperfections I am so glad I have these images. Photography gives us the opportunity clasp hold of some memories that would otherwise be lost.<\/p>\n

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It seems that clothes were longer 40 years ago.<\/p>\n

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