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Yves Paternoster

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The lower deck of the Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, a long stone arcade of paired columns receding into shadow.
Pont de Bir-Hakeim, ParisParis
The causeway to Mont Saint-Michel at dawn, the abbey a pale silhouette in the mist under a deep blue sky with an orange band on the horizon.
Mont Saint Michel in the mist at sunriseLe Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont Saint-Michel rising above green salt meadows grazed by sheep, with a winding tidal channel cut into the grass in the foreground.
Mont Saint-Michel in the afternoonLe Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont Saint-Michel in silhouette after sunset, reflected in a channel of water left on the sand at low tide, the sky graded from orange to violet.
Mont Saint-Michel at sunsetLe Mont-Saint-Michel
A ballerina in an orange dress leaping across the empty courtyard of the Louvre, the glass pyramid catching the last light behind her.
Chiara at the LouvreParis
The Seine in Paris at sunset, a stone bridge crossing water smoothed by a long exposure, with riverside facades and trees under a pink and orange sky.
Paris, the river Seine at sunsetParis
A ballerina in a white tutu on pointe, one arm raised, on the empty Trocadéro terrace with the Eiffel Tower directly behind her at dawn.
Chiara and the Tower, TrocadéroParis
The Eiffel Tower seen from the quay beside the Pont d'Iéna in the morning, mirrored in the still water of the Seine.
The Eiffel Tower and the SeineParis
A bare dead tree standing in rows of lavender, silhouetted against a violet and orange sky as the sun rises behind it.
Dead tree in a lavender field at sunrise
A young woman in a pale dress standing among long rows of lavender that run to the horizon, under an orange and violet sky after sunset.
Maid in lavender field
A brown-banded snail climbing the mossy bark of a tree trunk, green leaves out of focus behind it.
Snail on a tree, Sonian ForestBrussels
A cut tree stump in a clearing carpeted with white wild garlic flowers, bare spring trees fading into mist behind.
Wild garlic in the Sonian ForestBrussels
Stepped-gable guild houses along the Graslei quay in Ghent, lit from within and reflected in the still water of the Leie at blue hour.
Ghent, Graslei by the riverGhent
The view from Saint Michael's Bridge over Ghent before sunrise: wet cobbles in the foreground, spires and gabled houses under a deep blue sky, street lamps still lit.
Ghent, the old city before sunriseGhent
The Graslei seen through the dark arch of a stone bridge, the lit quay and its gabled houses framed inside the opening at night.
Graslei, Ghent, under the bridgeGhent
The nave of Saint Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent seen from the entrance, brick vaults rising above white stone columns towards the lit high altar.
Saint Bavo's Cathedral, GhentGhent
The Graslei in Ghent at blue hour, a lit street lamp in the foreground and the belfry clock tower rising behind the medieval facades.
Ghent, Graslei at blue hourGhent
Marram grass on the dunes at De Haan lit sidelong by the setting sun, with the North Sea and a clear orange sky behind.
Sunset on the dunes at De HaanDe Haan
The modern skyline of Cartagena seen from the water at sunset, sailing boats moored in the bay under a sky of orange and violet cloud.
Sunset over CartagenaCartagena
A narrow street in the old town of Cartagena lined with pastel houses, hung with green creepers and empty of traffic in the early afternoon.
Colourful street in Cartagena, ColombiaCartagena
A curved meadow at dawn with low mist lying against a dark treeline, the sky pale violet above.
Mist over the La Hulpe domain at sunriseLa Hulpe
A dirt path curving between mature oaks and beeches, mist hanging among the trunks in the green half-light of early morning.
Path in the forest, La HulpeLa Hulpe
A pond at dawn with mist drifting over the water, reeds and flowering plants along the bank and a pale moon low in a blue and magenta sky.
The moon on a misty morning at La HulpeLa Hulpe
A narrow path through tall beech trunks with a shaft of sunlight breaking through the canopy and lighting the ground.
Sunrays in the Sonian ForestBrussels
A wooden jetty running out over pale green water towards a distant boat, under a heavy grey cloud bank with a thin band of light at the horizon.
The jetty at sunrise, NoirmoutierNoirmoutier-en-l'Île
Angular pale rocks on a sand beach under a heavy grey and blue cloud bank, the sea flat behind them.
Rocks and the sea at NoirmoutierNoirmoutier-en-l'Île
A bare curving tree branch arching over rocks on the shore, framing the sun rising through cloud over the sea.
Sunrise through the dead tree, NoirmoutierNoirmoutier-en-l'Île
The deeply ridged trunk of an old oak lit by low sun, with leaf shadows falling across the bark and ivy climbing its base.
Tree in the Sonian ForestLa Hulpe
A channel of seawater winding across the beach at low tide, catching the gold of the rising sun through broken cloud.
Sunrise at De Haan, North SeaDe Haan
Beach huts and windbreaks on the sand at De Haan, with dark storm clouds over the North Sea and sunrays falling on the water.
De Haan, North Sea, end of afternoonDe Haan
Two people on horseback crossing the wet sand at low tide, silhouetted against a pink and orange sunset reflected in the shallow water.
Riders at low tide, De HaanDe Haan
A black and white portrait of a young man with curly hair holding a lit candle, his face lit only by the flame against a dark background.
Portrait by candlelight