Champs-Élysées Boulevard, Paris — Autumn Street Scene

4 October 2017 · Paris

The Champs-Élysées divides itself cleanly: Haussmann limestone on the left, plane trees turning gold on the right, and a long pedestrian corridor pulling both toward the horizon. Autumn brings the boulevard to its most legible state — the crowds thin just enough to read the architecture, and the afternoon light sits warm against the cream facades. Paris at street level has a particular scale, the kind that makes the city feel designed for being walked rather than photographed.