Seine River Corridor from Pont Royal, Paris

3 October 2017 · Paris

A river barge pushes upstream past the Musée d'Orsay, the Seine stretching ahead in a long corridor of receding bridges and autumn-tinged embankment trees. The Rive Gauche holds the left frame — Haussmann stone and arched windows running the full length of the bank. The sky does as much work as the water: cumulus clouds stacked deep over the Paris cityscape, lit from the side, pulling the eye toward the distant rooftops. A working river and a monumental city, both going about their business at the same moment.