Paris in b&w

I never published these black and white film photos from Paris, since some of them had some serious flaws, and it felt a bit like cheating to correct them. One of my most sacred rules is in fact that I never edit my analog work digitally.

Well, almost never.

I have done it with a very few photos, but only because they were otherwise truly amazing photos, which were being ruined because of a teeny tiny stupid mistake (Typically it’s something in the corner of the frame, which disturbs the whole image, or it’s a straight line, which isn’t straight.) In these cases I would decide that saving the photo had to win over my ethical values!

The same goes for some of these photos. A few lines have been straightened, and one photo has been slightly cropped. I hope you can enjoy them anyway and forgive me for cheating.

Champs-Élysées as seen from the Arc de Triomphe, Les Tuileries, La Coupole at Montparnasse and finally Les Marais. All shot on Ilford hp5 plus 400.

Oh, how I want to go back to Paris…