La Défense Esplanade, Paris — Construction and Crowd

4 October 2017 · Paris

La Défense on a busy midday, the esplanade filling with office workers while a construction crane rises behind a glass-clad tower still taking shape. The ENGIE building anchors the mid-ground; French and European flags mark the public square below. La Défense is always two things at once — a finished district and a permanent building site, the polished glass facade and the raw steel above it sharing the same frame.