Slightly different Paris metro stations
Sep 28th, 2011, 10:21 AM
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This is so wonderful! Thanks, kerouac!
Your narratives make the pictures much more interesting!
and so clean! who keeps those metro stations so clean? How do they clean the different light fixtures?
Your narratives make the pictures much more interesting!
and so clean! who keeps those metro stations so clean? How do they clean the different light fixtures?
Sep 28th, 2011, 10:30 AM
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Very interesting. I now remember your report on the Grands Boulevards and the pictures of the Grand Rex Cinema. It's hard to relate underground to above ground when hurtling along through tunnels.
Oct 5th, 2011, 12:33 PM
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<i>Is photography inside the Paris stations allowed without a permit? Did anyone give you a hard time at all?</i>
No problem at all taking pictures in the metro. Naturally, any individual can contest having his picture taken, but it is really rare. Any Parisian in public places knows he is photographed at least 50 times a day. Since I work just off the Champs Elysées, I think I must appear in at least 200 photos.
You can also take pictures in the train stations, but the security people are so bored that sometimes they will come up and challenge you. All you need to know is that the SNCF runs regular contests about the best photos in train stations and when you point this out to them, they feel really stupid.
No problem at all taking pictures in the metro. Naturally, any individual can contest having his picture taken, but it is really rare. Any Parisian in public places knows he is photographed at least 50 times a day. Since I work just off the Champs Elysées, I think I must appear in at least 200 photos.
You can also take pictures in the train stations, but the security people are so bored that sometimes they will come up and challenge you. All you need to know is that the SNCF runs regular contests about the best photos in train stations and when you point this out to them, they feel really stupid.
Oct 5th, 2011, 12:53 PM
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Thank you thank you! Gorgeous and informative. I've enjoyed many of those metro stations, thought they were interesting, thought they were beautiful or clever...but in most cases, had no idea of the inspiration for the themes.
Oct 5th, 2011, 01:56 PM
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I see flashes all the time -- particularly by tourists who want to get a photo of the train pulling into the station, which I presume would be the most dangerous action if the trains did not all have a "dead man's brake". (They have to keep pressure on a lever at all times and if they let up at any moment, the train stops immediately.)
Oct 5th, 2011, 02:26 PM
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Sweet, I'd love to take a few pics in and around metro stations in Paris and London. Good to know about the Security guys there.
And I usually avoid taking pics of people as much as I can, but hey, if Parisians are used to the paparazzi, that's great! Thanks!
And I usually avoid taking pics of people as much as I can, but hey, if Parisians are used to the paparazzi, that's great! Thanks!
Oct 7th, 2011, 04:16 AM
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Thank you Kerouac! What a wonderful essay (as usual)! I so rarely take the Metro as I walk & walk & walk everywhere enjoying street scenes, architecture, shop windows, etc. Your photos have shown me what I'm missing.
Jan 13th, 2012, 12:22 PM
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Hi K,
Thanks for posting another nice essay.
Hooray for France for
(a) recognizing that a little bit of beauty makes life much better
(b) there is more to life than just making another euro
(c) putting people to work improving the infrastructure does more to combat a recession than does lowering taxes on the rich
Re FDR station: >It has the strangest lampshades that I have ever seen in the metro.<
They look very much like the lampshades installed in 1964 by Levitt in the house that we bought in Bowie, MD.
Thanks for posting another nice essay.
Hooray for France for
(a) recognizing that a little bit of beauty makes life much better
(b) there is more to life than just making another euro
(c) putting people to work improving the infrastructure does more to combat a recession than does lowering taxes on the rich
Re FDR station: >It has the strangest lampshades that I have ever seen in the metro.<
They look very much like the lampshades installed in 1964 by Levitt in the house that we bought in Bowie, MD.
