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Amour

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so, remember my Paris trip in September? I do...

I was walking by the Place de la Concorde, heading to
the Louvre, and I walked by "love" scribbled in paint by
the cornerstone of this building...

I continued half a block, and still had the picture
in my head, so I begged my friends' forgiveness, ran
back and snapped this photo...

i'm not a great photographer, but had to share anyway...
it moved me, and was part of an incredible afternoon... one
of the only times i walked with my head down in Paris and this is what i see...

ain't life grand?

UPDATE (from another photographer on flickr)

(This is an old article from BBC)
France has solved the mystery of the graffiti artist who has been covering the walls of its capital city with the word Amour, or Love, for months. The word has been appearing up to 100 times a night only to be removed by Paris street cleaners the next evening. Liberation newspaper finally located its author, unemployed artist Jean-Luc Duez, 54, through the internet. He said he had begun the graffiti after his girl-friend left him but was encouraged by the public to continue. (...)
Image size
1116x846px 535.21 KB
Make
SONY
Model
CYBERSHOT
Shutter Speed
10/10000 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
8 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Sep 15, 2007, 7:59:12 AM
© 2007 - 2024 massgrfx
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ashleyjordan's avatar
That's ironic and really cool...also, the person who drew it had nice penmanship^^ It's nice you had a camara at hand, it would've been sad if you weren't able to take the picture because it's a really nice one of symbolism and meaning if you look close enough...