Paris, 1971 - 73
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When my dad moved to France he left a lot of things behind, one of which was a fat blue case full of photos and slides. A lot of these were taken before I was born, including a series of slides of Paris, on which the developers have stamped various dates from 1971 to 1973.
A lot of the colours have gone out of whack on them, where the emulsion has degraded over time, and several of them have scratches and nasty marks on them.
I spent Saturday afternoon scanning in 14 of them, though, and then cleaning them up, and have put then online at offline.
What they show is a city strangely devoid traffic, as it was before the age of mass tourism. The Place de la Concorde - lethal to the present day pedestrian - is almost empty, and the only thing moving in front of the Moulin Rouge is a man on a bike on an otherwise empty road.
They show, in essence, the Paris in which Amelie spent her childhood.
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March 31st, 2004 at 8:36 pm
Beautiful to see the city as it used to be! Thanx!
April 2nd, 2004 at 1:23 pm
Gorgeous! I can remember (just) when you could park anywhere in London apart from the West End. Takes me back to days spent with “I Spy: Cars”