France

Western Europe, 2000 — 85 photographs

Chartres Disneyland Paris Nice Paris Rome Southern France Strasbourg

Chartres

Glowing stained-glass rose window and lancets — Chartres, France (4-9 July 2000) The carved stone choir screen with statue groups — Chartres, France (4-9 July 2000)

Disneyland Paris

Winnie the Pooh stage show before the castle at Disneyland — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The Orbitron ride and Space Mountain at Disneyland — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Performers with parasols on a brightly lit theatre stage — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Crowds wandering the Frontierland area at Disneyland — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The Bienvenue welcome arch at the Disneyland entrance — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The pink Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland — Disneyland Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Shelves of plush Mickey and Minnie toys in a Disney shop — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) Bagheera bear and gorilla plush toys on shop shelves — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) The Disney Hotel and lighthouse across the resort lake — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) A woman riding a mechanical bull before a crowd in Disney Village — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) The gleaming Space Mountain dome in Discoveryland — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) The ornate facade of 'it's a small world' — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) Mickey Mouse greeting visitors on a ride set — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) A desert town diorama on an indoor ride — Disneyland Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Nice

Fountains and strollers at Place Massena — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000) Tall pine trees shading an old building — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000) A Gothic church spire rising above ornate buildings — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000) A woman paddling on the pebble beach of the Cote d'Azur — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000) A fresh avocado and chicken salad at a restaurant — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000) A plate of braised meat, beans and potatoes — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000) A glass dish of mixed fruit salad on a cafe table — Nice, France (13-20 July 2000)

Paris

A sign announcing free admission to the Louvre — Paris, France (1 July 2000) The Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre — Paris, France (1 July 2000) The Arc de Triomphe rising above busy traffic — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) Rooftops and the Seine seen from Notre-Dame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) A panorama of rooftops and the Seine from Notre-Dame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The glowing rose window and chandelier inside Notre-Dame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) Crowds and the Hotel de Ville on a sunny day — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The twin-towered facade of Notre-Dame cathedral — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The nave of Notre-Dame with worshippers in the pews — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The luminous south rose window of Notre-Dame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) A framed Baroque painting of cardsharps in the Louvre — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) A framed painting of a saint hung on a green wall — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) A small Vermeer-style painting in an inlaid frame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) A vaulted skylit gallery of large paintings in the Louvre — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) Two dark Old Master paintings hung in the Louvre — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The Grande Galerie crowded with visitors and paintings — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The Venus de Milo on its pedestal before the crowd — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The cardsharps painting in an ornate gilt frame — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The Winged Victory of Samothrace atop its stairs — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) The Winged Victory above a crowd of museum visitors — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) A woman viewing a Caravaggio painting in a marble hall — Paris, France (22-28 June 2000) A couple resting on a planter on the Champs-Elysees at night — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Crowds and flares filling the Champs-Elysees in World Cup celebration — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Night crowd waving tricolour flags during a World Cup celebration — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) A line of CRS police facing flag-waving celebrants at night — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The floodlit Arc de Triomphe above a celebrating crowd — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Revellers climbing a Champs-Elysees street-name lamppost — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Two riders on a scooter along a dark roadside at night — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Police vans and officers gathered in a night square — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The illuminated Arc de Triomphe at twilight — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) A dizzying view straight down the Eiffel Tower ironwork — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The Trocadero palace and gardens seen from the Eiffel Tower — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The Eiffel Tower ironwork glowing at sunset — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The full Eiffel Tower rising past a tricolour flag — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Looking up the curving legs of the Eiffel Tower — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The Eiffel Tower soaring overhead against pale sky — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) Visitors on the Eiffel Tower observation deck above Paris — Paris, France (2-8 July 2000) The polished black grave slab of Marcel Proust — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) The lipstick-kissed Oscar Wilde tomb with carved inscription — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) The kiss-marked winged figure of the Oscar Wilde tomb — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) Weathered handwritten notes left at Jim Morrison's grave — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) A hand holding a heartfelt letter at Jim Morrison's grave — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) The flower-piled headstone of James Douglas Morrison — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) Roses and tributes heaped on Jim Morrison's grave — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) Crowded mausoleums and crosses at Pere Lachaise Cemetery — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) Chopin's monument decorated with flowers and ironwork — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000) Carved relief portrait on Chopin's grave plaque — Paris, France (29 June - 6 July 2000)

Rome

The domed Pantheon under a grey sky — Rome, France (22-28 June 2000) Crowded beach and curving bay along the Promenade des Anglais — Rome, France (13-20 July 2000)

Southern France

Railway tracks and apartment blocks along a Mediterranean line — Southern France, France (13-20 July 2000) Hills and graffitied warehouses from a moving train window — Southern France, France (13-20 July 2000)

Strasbourg

The vaulted nave of Strasbourg Cathedral — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) Stained glass and chandelier in a cathedral nave — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) The inscribed marble tomb slab of Erasmus — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) The twin sandstone spires of Basel Minster — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) The rose window and spire of Strasbourg Cathedral — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) A glass display case in a dim cathedral interior — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) Tourists in the nave of Strasbourg Cathedral — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) The Caves St Martin riverside, seen across the Moselle — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) The great dial of the Strasbourg astronomical clock — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) The Strasbourg astronomical clock beside stained glass — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000) Ornate tiers of the Strasbourg astronomical clock — Strasbourg, France (1-3 July 2000)