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Place des Pyramides

Not that into it

Rue Royale waiting for the parade to begin

Rue Royale

Rue de Rivoli

View of Rue de Rivoli from the top of the ferris wheel in the Tuileries

Spectators on top of the Louvre

Second Empire Paris at Night

To accompany my article on the Spectaculaire Second Empire show at the Musée D'Orsay, published this morning, I went out last night a shot a few photograph's of Napoleon III's Paris.

The poster for this magnificent show is, unfortunately, an Ingres of a rather unprepossessing bourgeoise.

Looking up the Avenue de l'Opéra from the other end.

N for Napoléon III, E for Eugénie - a detail from the top of the Palais Garnier

A gilded angel adorning the ceiling of one of Napoléon III's apartments looks out the window of the Louvre.

The Opéra Metro stop

Ava Gardner is all over Paris advertising "Le Bikini a 70 ans"

I don't know who took this photograph of Ava Gardner that is plastered all over Paris. But I can't take my eyes off it, or perhaps I should say her eyes off me. It's mesmerizing. At the exhibition that's advertised, the photo is credited to Henry Diltz, photographer and musician, in 1940. Nope. Diltz, best known for album covers in the 1960s and '70s, was only two years old in 1940. With a bit more research in the "Bikini" catalogue, I discovered this was from the Everett Collection of Hollywood photographs. But no photographer is named. If you know, let me know.

Nymphs, Pigeons and the Towers: Trocadero

A great sunny Sunday in Paris.