Dispatches from Paris (Again)

05.11.2014

Black and white flash shot of two people wrapped up in a rickshaw at night in Paris, its canopy sign reading Bass 'N' Bass

Paris isn’t just the city of romance, it’s also a the city of shoddy supermarkets and dodgy characters. I spent a week there a few months ago, but don’t just take my word for it — here’s the pictorial evidence to prove it…

Someone in a cap taking a photo one-handed, the other arm pointing skyward, in a crowd at night

Someone in glasses and a dark coat holding a hand up towards the camera on a street at night

A cyclist in a white jacket and cap riding along a night street past a Station Essence sign

Someone in a denim jacket and jeans by the stacked chairs and tables of a closed café at night

Two people perched on the stone base of a monument at night, one in a cap holding a bottle

A crepe maker in a dark shirt behind a steaming griddle in a small Paris shop, lanterns hanging overhead
Anyone who says that ‘Paris is great for food’ is either a liar, or the sort of person who enjoys wandering around supermarkets for hours on end before trying to force open a stiff old baguette without a knife. If it wasn’t for this man and his expertly folded crepes, then I probably would have resorted to eating those small metal sculptures of the Eiffel Tower that everywhere seems to sell. He wasn’t too shabby at making pizzas either.

Two people in shorts on a dark street at night, one in a vest with an arm raised, street lamps behind

A painted religious icon hung high on dark wood panelling beneath a beamed ceiling

A stone statue of two robed figures on a plinth in the corner of a bare, weathered stone room

A rollerblader in a white vest and jeans crouched low, skating towards the camera on a Paris street

A rollerblader in a white vest and wrist guards skating past the front of an HSBC bank
This lad may look like he’s having a real blast, but shortly after this photo a gang of mischief-makers kicked his cones out of line ruining his rhythm and knocking him all out of sync. Can’t a man slalom in peace?

Someone smiling in a white shirt and striped tie beneath a Jay Coiffure shop sign
When in Rome, do as the Roman’s do. When in Paris, why not go and get a curry from this happy chap?

Someone in a white shirt and striped tie leaning on a metal shop shutter, one hand on hip

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