Gerberoy

Gerberoy, France

On a Sunday morning, a couple is leaving the Bed and Breakfast where they spent the night. The old village  in the Oise department with many half-timbered houses and traces of the medieval castle, is listed in the most beautiful French villages. March 2017. Un dimanche matin, un couple quitte le gîte dans lequel ils…

Paris

Paris, France

A guide comments « the Dessert: Harmony in Red » by Henri Matisse. The painting is in the permanent collection of the Hermitage museum in Saint Petersburg. It was shown at the Louis Vuitton Foundation as part of the Shchukin exhibition. February 2017. Une guide commente « La Desserte rouge » de  Matisse. Le tableau fait partie de la…

Auvers-sur-Oise

Auvers-sur-Oise, France

The Balto is a bar like many others in the French countryside. Local people come over to drink a cup of coffee, to buy the newspaper or to gamble at the national lottery. January 2017. Le Balto est un bar comme il y en a beaucoup dans la campagne française. Les locaux y viennent pour une…

Paris

Paris, France

Prince Philippe of Belgium and his wife princess Mathilde attend a concert at the Parisian Theater of the Champs Elysées. Following his father’s abdication, he will ascend the throne a year later. October 2012. Le prince Philippe de Belgique et son épouse la princess Mathilde assistent à un concert au Théâtre des Champs Elysées. A…

Montpellier

Montpellier, France

Music is in the air. A colorful jazz band attracts onlookers in a pedestrian street of Montpellier. July 2016. Il y a de la musique dans l’air. Un orchestre de jazz haut en couleur attire les badauds dans une rue piétonne de Montpellier. Juillet 2016.

Paris, France

Paris, France

Some ladies enter the Orsay museum wearing crinoline gowns. They are part of the guests who will attend a Second Empire ball in the ballroom of this former train station. November 2016. Des dames entrent au musée d’Orsay en robes à crinoline. Elles font partie des invités qui vont participer à un bal du Second Empire dans la…