White Roses and Haussmann Rooflines, Paris

5 October 2017 · Paris

A cascade of white roses fills the foreground, their blooms heavy against dense green foliage. Behind them, a Haussmann façade rises through the canopy — zinc mansard roof, ornate stonework, and terracotta chimneys dissolving into an overcast Paris sky. Flora does the heavy lifting here; the architecture arrives slowly, as context rather than subject. The softness of the blooms and the precision of the roofline pull against each other, and the image sits in the space between.