Champs-Élysées 52 — Construction Hoarding, Paris

4 October 2017 · Paris

A construction sign spanning the gap between two hoardings turns into something else entirely — a portal framing the Champs-Élysées as it recedes under an autumn canopy of plane trees. The black panels and red scaffolding on either flank compress the boulevard into a tight tunnel of geometry, and the address sign reads like a title card for the whole composition. Paris under renovation is still Paris: the grandeur survives the temporary.