On Télématin TV program this morning, I saw a photograph Richard Melloul and Mireille Darc (a famous French actress)climbing monuments with a crane to take pictures of the golden statues at the top. They found very nice things up there! It has never been done before.
You may see them here :
http://www.richardmelloul.com/RMELLOUL/
Click on Paris Doré and then on the main picture.

Otherwise this website is full of interesting portraits of famous people
Enjoy!
coco

What an amazing set of photographs!

Note - After clicking on the main picture, you need to click on it again for the next photographs to display.

Thank you for sharing this.

Fantastic! Those are some shots I will not be attempting to replicate next week when I am in Paris.

Beautiful photos! Thanks for the treat, Coco.
EJ

WOW! Those are amazing shots! I agree, I don't think I will be attempting those on our trip in June, lol!

Lovely pictures; thanks for posting.

I was sure you would like them
You can also use this link to get a wider window
http://www.richardmelloul.com/PARIS-...ARIS-DORE.html

But what is also important is that those photos will be sold at an auc sale for the profit of la chaine de l'Espoir ( http://www.chainedelespoir.org/sites/uk/ )
If you can understand French, Mireille Darc talks about it http://tinyurl.com/6zgc5k
"Les photos seront mises aux enchères le vendredi 31 octobre 2008 au profit de l’association La Chaîne de l’Espoir."
The sale will take place on the 31st Oct but I can't find where!

They are nice photos.

Before I looked at them, the two I had in mind were the <i>g&eacute;nie de la Bastille</i> and the statues on the <i>Pont Alexandre III</i>. And of course, both are there.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing these, coco.

What lovely pix! I was going to take binoculars with me for St. Chapelle - looks like I should take them on the street, too!

I wonder why the chariot driver (Peace) on the Carrousel Arch isn't gilded, but the two flanking Victories are. Some sort of pro-war political statement?

ttt