Series: Paris — Flânerie
La Tour, l’art de flâner
2005
Paris is at its most truthful when it refuses to perform. When the sky drops low, iron turns to graphite, and the city stops being a postcard to become a presence. This photograph was taken from a boat navigating the River Seine, with the Eiffel Tower held at a distance—filtered through a rain-speckled glass canopy. That thin layer of water, reflection, and structure doesn’t merely frame the view: it transforms it into a threshold.
The image is built on oblique lines and quiet interruptions. The canopy’s beams cut across the scene like deliberate gestures, while the droplets act as a liquid grain—softening clarity, breaking the iconic silhouette into matter. The Tower remains recognizable, yet slightly withheld: present, but not fully given. In that restraint, the photograph finds its tone—elegant, minimal, and emotionally charged without excess.
La Tour, l’art de flâner is ultimately a study of looking as wandering. The gaze does not aim; it drifts. It moves through weather and glass, through distance and suggestion, until Paris becomes less an object to consume and more an atmosphere to inhabit. Not a souvenir—an encounter. A slow walk made of light, iron, and rain.
La Tour, l’art de flâner
Charlie Navarro
@navarro.photo
Fine Art Photography
Paris — River Seine
2005
@navarro.photo
Fine Art Photography
Paris — River Seine
2005
Print only (framing option available upon request).
Printed on museum-grade cotton rag paper using the Giclée process.
Limited edition of 7 copies.
Each print is individually numbered and hand-signed.
Worldwide shipping available (inquire for details).
Printed on museum-grade cotton rag paper using the Giclée process.
Limited edition of 7 copies.
Each print is individually numbered and hand-signed.
Worldwide shipping available (inquire for details).
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60 × 40 cm
90 × 60 cm
120 × 80 cm
150 × 100 cm
180 × 120 cm
La Tour, l’art de flâner
2005
La Tour, l’art de flâner
2005
