13 May 2019
I arrived in Paris one day before the start of Serge Ramelli’s workshop. My arrival in Paris was in the morning after an overnight “red-eye” flight across the Atlantic. After checking into my hotel in the left bank area of the city center across the street from the Seine river front and taking a brief rest, I headed out with my camera for an initial freelance exploration of the area surrounding the hotel.
My first excursion into Paris took me onto one of two islands in the middle of the Seine River (Ile de la Cite) on which Notre Dame cathedral is located along with areas adjacent to Ile de la Cite on the left (south) bank of the river. The fire at Notre Dame occurred four weeks prior to my arrival in Paris. I found the approaches to Notre Dame were cordoned off, blocking all vehicle and pedestrian access into an area several blocks around the cathedral.
Just added is a gallery including several front exterior views of Notre Dame at a distance along with images of bridges crossing the Seine between Ile de la Cite and the right (north) bank of the river as well as the left bank area near the Pont Saint Michel bridge I took across river between Ile de la Cite and the left bank.
Select Paris Workshop Day 1 to view the gallery containing the image shown below and other images.
