Champs-Élysées Looking Toward Place de la Concorde

4 October 2017 · Paris

The Champs-Élysées stretches south under a flat autumn sky, plane trees lining both kerbs in fading green. Cobblestones run from the pedestrian crossing to the far vanishing point, traffic thinning as it goes. The avenue is enormous in every direction — a boulevard built for processions, wearing an ordinary Tuesday afternoon instead.