Vine-Covered Garden Arch in a Paris Park

5 October 2017 · Paris

A dark iron trellis arch frames the entrance to a Paris park path, its lattice columns consumed by climbing plants and the canopy closing overhead into a green tunnel. A pendant lantern hangs at the apex, the only hard edge against the soft overcast sky. The path curves away into dense autumn foliage — structured enough to feel deliberate, overgrown enough to feel abandoned to the garden. The arch does the work of a threshold: it draws you through without announcing itself.