on the street in paris
20/04/2012 § 190 Comments
Most of these photos were taken in the St. Germain area of Paris.. one of my favourite neighbourhoods for walking around in. Paris is a very walkable city.. especially when the weather was as nice as it was a few weeks ago. It was great to browse the shops in the area and of course I had to stop at Ladurée [I did twice while we were in Paris actually..haha]. I took a picture almost exactly like the fourth photo last time I was in Paris.. interesting to see how small things have changed.
Feeling a bit better now about the state of things here in NL.. we had a bit of a studio crisis as our P4 presentation date was moved a week earlier than we expected, but after a bit of pressure we’ve convinced our tutor to move it back.. so we’ve actually gained a much needed extra 2 weeks. Still things are going to be busy.. I’m trying to work on job applications and my online portfolio/website on top of studio work. At least I’ll feel comfortable devoting a day or two to that this weekend now that we know we’ve got some extra time.
Anyways, hope you’re enjoying spring!
you are here. 
Nice pics. I just returned myself a couple days ago, but got rained on badly. 🙂
I’d love to visit Paris with my wife.
Someday I will walk down on these streets 🙂
Yes, me too!
I have a dear friend who is now living in France — I think her greatest surprise is how walkable the towns/cities are! Beautiful pix…very “snapshot of life.”
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if any one can live by knowing that we are living in this world for a very short period of a time and should keep a better world for the future, we will not have much problems and should feel as we all are human and all living things need the same needs in different formats feeling the same way,
That flower shop display is quite something else, isn’t it? Looking at flowers en masse certainly reduces the stress for me. Hope everything works out OK – good luck 🙂
Thanks for the pics. I plan to visit Paris before I’m 40 (3 years to go). This is a nice little preview of St. Germain.
Great pictures…have you ever noticed how many buildings in Paris are cream coloured with little black cast iron balconies?! So pretty but there are so many!
good eye for details!
Nice pictures. Paris is a fun city to walk around in and discover delicious food and wonderful shops. I have only visited one, but can’t wait to go back.
Congrats on being freshly pressed!
Hi i’m an architect too living in france and just about to start my first job in a french office. Great to see your pics of Paris – more please!
Lovely pics. I love Paris – one of my favourite cities! Have to go there soon 🙂
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I’ve only visited Paris once but I think you’ve captured it beautifully
One of my favorite cities, thanks for sharing!
What wonderful photos!
Beautiful photos. They make me nostalgic – I lived in paris for nearly 11 years, until my husband and I moved to the U.S. almost 2 years ago. Thankfully my parents and siblings are still there, so it’s an extra good excuse to go back as often as possible! Thanks for sharing these and congrats on being freshly pressed!
Must be nice to have family there! Glad you enjoyed the photos 🙂
Great photos! I love the sense of daily life that they give you.
Love your pictures, most people will take pictures of the usual “paris” monuments. Its refreshing to see some of the behind the scenes of Paris! Congrats of making Freshly Pressed!
Wow, wonderful street shots.
Beautiful pictures, can only wish I was there. 🙂
Your photo’s are beautiful! I especially love the one in the window with the anatomical drawings. Makes me want to hop on a plane and fly to Paris right now! Thanks!
Ahhh…Paris! I can’t wait to visit. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful photos!
Been there several times, with kids! Beautiful photography brings back beautiful memories.
Merveilleux! 😉 Thanks for this little window of French street life.
Love these pictures!!!!! ❤ Paris
Thanks for these lovely photos. I get to go at least every other year if not every year. I can smell the city streets and hear the cars. I love this city!
So what did you have at Laduree? How I miss Paris!! Great post. :))
I tried quite a few macarons but the lemon and caramel + fleur de sel were my favourite!
I was born and raised in Montreal. I miss my french culture, and your pictures of Paris remind me that visiting Paris is something I have to do. Thank You
These are wonderful. Such a great post for me to see since I’m longing to be back in Paris. Thank you for putting a smile on my face.
Paris is so seductive, nice shots.
Tellement belle…
I will be walking on these streets in a few days with the love of my life. So excited!
Love this! Crazy that we have the same format. 🙂 I’m in Paris right now, staying in the St. Germain area too. Love your photos!
Never been to Paris before. But…I think now I have because of the photos.. Thanks ! 🙂
Beautiful photos! I’ll be traveling to Paris in June…can’t wait to see the city’s charm in person. Thanks for sharing!
Love these pics – they really bring back memories from 30 years ago. Do they still have street markets? They used to be one of the highlights of my week, just walking along and smelling all those amazing food smells.
A wonderful city and these images bring me right back. Great post and congrats on FP!
Must be really nice to visit Paris now.
A city to lose yourself in!
I consider Paris my true hometown, and you made me feel that old ache of homesickness in the most wonderful way. Great photos! xx
Was there last year about this time… sooo beautiful. 🙂
Beautiful photos, I’ve always wanted to go to Paris.
These are beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing.
I wish I can go there someday… nice photo.. great architecture.
Great pictures, I cant wait until I get to France
Wow! Some of those streets are narrow. Great set of pictures.
Thank you for showing us Paris. I will be there one day, why can’t my city (Newcastle, Australia, take note) understand that beauty is so important – life sustaining. I know that Europe is a much older culture, but we could start by cleaning up, celebrating our spaces and supporting local creativity. (And for those who already do, thanks so much!!) Perhaps Melbournites understand this, as illustrated – lived – in that lovely city. The photos are lovely.
Jezebel d’ Angelo
Absolutely beautiful pictures. Reminds me of Jean Luc Goddard’s photography in Bande A Parte. You have inspired me to travel there as soon as possible.
What a compliment, thank you!
these pics are so beautifull.
nice pics though i loved the 5th more 😀
Paris is a fascinating city, France is an awesome place. I am here… I wish I was there!!
Ah, Paris… tu me manques.
I look forward to seeing this with my own eyes later this year. Thanks for sharing and giving me a taste of what’s to come 🙂
I think your photography has a wonderful feel and conveys much whether the blog visitor has been to this city or not. Thank you.
These photos are beautiful. Wish I had a chance to visit Paris
Nice! I especially love the one with the tree-lined street (0009)!
Just wonderful! Remind me my trip to France….Thank you for sharing! Hope to see you in my blog….:)
I’m on my way to Paris this Summer. Can you recommend any sites or places?
I recommend the Grand Hotel Leveque on the rive guache. It’s on Rue Cler, a narrow street lined with shops — flower, bread, cheese, butcher — which looks EXACTLY like the streets pictured here. It’s not terribly expensive, and you can walk to the Eiffel Tower. The elevator is so small and quaint that it only fits one person with a small suitcase! Have a wonderful time…I’m jealous!
Great. I’ll definitely check this out.
I stayed in Montmartre for the first time when I was there this time.. really nice restaurants and lots of cute shops. If the weather is nice go to Jardin du Luxembourg. Also definitely get some macarons from Ladurée! [the one in St Germain is usually less busy than the other locations]
Some more great ideas. Thank you for sharing.
Lovely pictures. Thanks a lot for sharing.
The last time I was in Paris was when I was a kid and I still remembe it to be the most beautiful city I have visited. I sure hope it is still like that and I also hope that people are a lot more friendlier than before.
Wonderful pictures. I look forward to one day walking the streets of that great city.
nice ! so lighting.
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed! Your Parisian photos are beautiful…they remind me of three days I spent in Paris in the late 1990s…I remember a wonderful meal at La Coupole. Do you have any pictures of Montmartre?
nice photos..and love your banner!
nice shots! Reminds me of my time in Paris! 🙂
I adore Paris. Was there last spring. Gorgeous, amazing city: http://modernfunk.wordpress.com/category/travel/france/ 🙂
Cheers.
Beautiful pictures.. 🙂
That is a great area to walk around in. It brings back good memories.
Beautiful pictures! You brought me right back, Paris is such an amazing place. Thanks for sharing.
So beautiful.
lovely pictures of paris! can’t wait to get back.
i love all the place have see it ok with me i love it all
I just got back from Paris, and seeing these pictures hurts a little. This is the city exactly and I miss it already.
Wonderful.. thank you for the quick trip to Paris!!!
France is definitely on my bucket list. It’s crazy that I’ve studied the language for years but still haven’t made the trip!
This pictures are awesome, thank you for sharing them. If and when I am able to do my travels I will keep these in mind. =D
Absolutely breathtaking, I’m all kinds of in love with Paris.
Great photos! thank you for sharing them. I really should make time to visit France again ^^
Once upon a time, Fabricio walking in the St. Germain area of Paris
i love parris
I miss Europe…
amazing. i’d love to be here. great photos, very well done. amazing collection
Yes, one of my favorite areas of Paris as well. Thanks for sharing the simple yet beautiful pictures. Brought back great memories.
Makes me want to travel to Paris again. I’m a teacher and I took students. I need to go back and enjoy it for my own self!
oh i love paris… want so badly to go back. thank you for these lovely photos. just as beautiful as I remember!
Kirin
A walkable city, no wonder I get obsessed with Paris. Gonna get back someday, hopefully someday soon.
Your pictures take me back to Paris, where I am originally from. I’ve been living in New York for 18 months and travelled back to Paris on vacation a couple of weeks ago. The city never ceases to amaze my by its beauty; it looks like a quaint old village compared to New York! And it’s so refined and full of charm and history…
superb streets shots…like it very much
I love Paris and have visited the city three times. Love your pics – they’ve made me ‘home away from home’ sick! 🙂
Gorgeous shots
Beautiful pictures! I visited the city once for 5 days in December. I can’t wait to get back one day during warmer weather
I studied at the Sorbonne in Paris during the 70s. The streets and images in your pictures are lovely and could have been taken even when I was there. Paris is a beautiful, timeless city.
Pictures are awesome, thank you for sharing
I love this city, I must go there once.
Beautiful photos, was in Paris during September last year and had a wonderful time wandering the streets, eavesdropping on some French. May I recommend les bateaux-mouches, a la Seine?
Beautiful photos. I’ve been to Paris for just a few days, and these photos make me want to go back!
Paris is high on my list of places to visit for culture and art. Recently bought the French language series from Rosetta Stone so that when – someday – I visit Paris, I will get the most out of it.
When I see pictures of Paris, makes me want to cry. I want so much go!
It remembers me the year that I used to study in St-Germain area.
Beautiful pictures. I love Paris. It’s such a lovely city.
Yeah I love the streets of St. Germain, Montemarte, and other parts of paris!
Wonderful shots.
val
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This reminds me of Montreal, Old Port. It’s very similar. Perhaps I’ll post a little page on it.
Love the photos
Katie
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I wish i could go to paris too
There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t take a walk down memory and remember my trip to Paris last summer… These photos really capture the feeling of the city… Miss it all the more! Wonderful photos 🙂
Brings back lovely memories of Paris..city of love and where I got my wedding proposal! Plan to go back again this year!! 🙂
haven’t been to Paris but I know it is one of the most beautiful city in the world, heard a lot about it and recently after watching the movie ‘midnight in Paris’ I just feel like moving on to Paris forever 🙂
what a nice capture.. 🙂
So many memories in these pictures. “We’ll always have Paris”.
Hey Elsa,
great Post & congratulations to you that this is “freshly pressed”.
Jimi
I walked around Paris for days with my best friend before I moved to Australia. It was dreamy. I miss how close I used to be to it all. Beautiful city. Lovely photos
Thanks, Jimi! This whole freshly pressed thing was pretty unexpected.. haha
I used to work for Eurostar so went to Paris pretty much once a month, but haven’t been for a few years now – and your photos make me want to go there right now!!!
Lovely photos. Nostalgia washes over me – I lived in Paris in 1989-91 and loved the St Germain area. That Cafe Atlas in the second photo – has many a cafe express there! I liived in the Marais – also wonderful.
Beautiful! I am going to Paris in a few weeks, and these pictures make me more excited than I already was. Thank you for sharing!
I love the little shop windows in Paris!!!
Great photos!
Is the first photo the same place of “Irma la douce” by Billy Wilder?
Here I posted a frame of the street in the movie: http://theemeraldforest.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/stesera-in-tv-irma-la-dolce-altro-che-pretty-woman-omaggio-a-billy-wilder-a-10-anni-dalla-scomparsa/
I remember Paris well. Ah, to be a naive university student again.
I love the photos. I dream of visiting Paris in the future. 🙂
Always loved France! Great pictures and hope you have a great week! 🙂
Lovely pics, one day I hope to walk these streets.
nice post 🙂
Beautiful! Can’t wait to go there one day!
The last time I visit Paris was over 30 years ago. I would love to go back again. Thank you for sharing such wonderful shots
I just ate at the L’Atlas restaurant in one of your pictures! Yummy!
Great photos, felt like they were mine!! Gave me a chance to revisit my favourite city so far!! Thank you! Love & Light x
Great pictures!
nice pics in Paris and I love the golden knocker.
Beautiful pictures!
very well taken shots! i like the colors and the compositions; especialy the little bit at the very top of the page.
Paris is like a dream land. It’s like a place in another dimension where all things beautiful happen!!!
LOVE your gorgeous photos! It’s been years since I’ve been to Paris but your photos make me feel like I’m there. Now if only I could get a pain au chocolat to go with them… 🙂
paris..have always heard about it..known for fashion.
wish i can visit it too..i really want to..ur collection is really nice btw!
I heard there was great weather in Paris for 3 weeks (right before I got there) and then it turned cold with showers. Glad to hear that you caught those great weeks of weather! Love the photos. Congratulations on being freshly pressed!
Hi Elsa, I always loved Paris, Your pics it’s inspiring me to go back there one day.
Ahhh Paris my favourite city, you’re photo’s show a beautiful,warm side to the city suburb, makes me want to rush back!
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Beautiful pics. Paris is one of the most gorgeous cities I’ve ever been to.
I lived there for 3+ years and I vividly remember walking everywhere because everywhere I looked I’d see something pretty, or unusual, or both.
I frequently visited the 6eme because my favorite restaurant, Creperie del Etoiles, was (or is, I don’t know if it’s still there) on rue Princesse (I was a student back then and this was one of the few pleasures I could afford). That entire part of the neighborhood, full of hidden shops and pedestrian streets is one of the prettiest spots in the city.
Thanks for sharing.
Paris, a place i would love to be for my honeymoon!
I agree, Paris is a great walkable city. That’s what my fiance and I did when we visited Paris last year, and we saw a lot more that way. Congratulations on getting freshly pressed.
Don’t miss the flower shop (2nd photo), one of my wife’s favorite stores in Paris!
lovely photos ! great 😉
Thank you for your beautiful photography. I drank in the images like a thirsty woman sucks in water. Paris is my heart and i am grateful to be able to see it freshly through your eyes. St. Germain is my favorite neighborhood also. But then there are so many wonderful neighborhoods and so much beauty to be found in Paris I could change my mind again. thank you.
Sweet pictures! Paris is one hundred percent lovable!
Wow – this really reminds me how much I miss my family there. I haven’t been back in almost 10 years…might be time to book some time off so I can immerse myself in the sights and smells of home again. Looking at these photos I instantly think of warm baguette straight out of the oven and the urge to linger in the streets just taking in all of the eclectic shops and what they have to offer. Great post! I needed that today!
Hope you can go back soon!
I’m hoping to go next summer and introduce my husband to them, we just got married this summer and they couldn’t all make it to the wedding. I can’t wait!
Lovely Paris
so pretty! I really hope to make it to Paris someday soon!
Congrats on the FP!
I have always wanted to go to Paris, and the pictures only compel me to want to go right this minute. You are an amazing photographer! Beautiful!
tres jolie
Haven’t been to Paris in 10 years…this brings back memories…very nice.
I’am copy coment in cathy “Someday I will walk down on these streets ”
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Gorgeous post about a gorgeous city.
Loved your photos….they really made me feel i was there!
Very nice images. Thank you.
You’ve captured St. Germain beautifully… probably my favourite neighbourhood in Paris. Congrats!!!
Olga
Some pictures make you live those moments and your pics are surely the same genre. Thanks for sharing.
Totally and completely relished the photos! You sure have a way with the lens! Looking forward to your next trip!! Cheers.
Tasteful pics 🙂 I wanna go to Paris!!!
You just made me want to travel in Paris although it is a place where I for some reason don’t want to travel.
My family have been there and later on they said I should have been there, too, but now you made regret it just a little.
A good photographer stands out when the public wants more. Excellent job. Looking forward to see what shall you do next!
Love,
willbeallright
Delightful shots of Paris, one of the most beautiful, vibrant, and romantic cities in the world! . . . Thank you for sharing!
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These photos are so typical from this area of Paris, the essence was caught!
Great photos and congrats on the FP! I was there recently, mostly in the Montmartre area. Check out my street pics… http://100squaremetres.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/theres-more-to-life-than-allotments-paris-for-example/
Nice picture
Congrats on being “freshly pressed”! Paris is magical, love the pictres
Anyone who has had the chance to go to Paris can’t wait to get back. Your photos are beautiful. I love looking at the people in the background, those who have no idea they’ll soon end up on your blog. Good job!
Nice pics !
Very nice photos. I miss lovely Paris ^.^~
Dude, 174 comments!! Congrats! These pictures definitely deserve lots of eyes on them, and they make me want to go to Paris so bad 🙂
I know.. crazy! Pretty mind boggling actually.. was not expecting this at all. Glad you enjoyed them 🙂
Nice pictures! I like second, and the third one the most =)
Love these–Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful! Really wanna go there! 😀
Ive always wanted to visit Paris :O
Im loving your blog, especially the soft focus photos 🙂 mmmm to me it has a soft romantic edge!
I really like your Paris blog. It has been quite a while since I have been to Paris but been thinking of plotting my return this year. The reality expressed in your wonderful photos has caused me to push ahead with my plans. Coming home. Thanks for the great blog. Keep sharing!
That door knob was pretty !!
paris paris paris!!! Fantasy kingdom
Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing them with us!
Thank you for allowing me to live vicariously through you! Someday I hope to visit there…heck I would move there tomorrow! LOVE IT!!thanks for sharing…preacherswifeintheknow.wordpress.com
nice pictures! I’m planning a surprise trip for my hubby to Paris with me naturally . I will be definitely going to take pictures, I only hope they turn out as good as yours!
Fantastic photos!