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Yves Paternoster

Subjects

France

13 photographs · across 4 galleries

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 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