On Wednesday evening, we headed to 'La Maison de la Photographie' for Sebastiao Salgado's 'Genesis' exhibition. For me, it was the second time I'd been able to delve into Salgado's magical monochrome world via his awesome depictions of nature from the four corners of our planet.
If you don't have wonderlust before this exhibition, I guarantee that after it you'll presume yourself an old-world explorer, ready to embark on his next mission to discover and learn from people groups who have existed, survived, thrived and blossomed in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Breath-taking, too, are his animal photographs and landscapes, my favourites being the deep-south rolling prairies where you can just imagine the silhouette of a cowboy tipping his 10 gallon hat, clicking his spurs and trotting off into the sunset.
At first the lack of colour bothered me, but I quickly learned to appreciate Salgado's brave employment of his artistic licence. It throws the faces, textures and shadows into sharp contrast, inviting you to focus more on the content, and brings all the photographs onto an equal plane, reminding us that each nation is as rich and varied as another, whether it be depicted by a sandstorm in Utah, elephants drinking from an oasis in Africa or members of the Sami people herding reindeer.
The exhibition is on until January 2014 and I would SO recommend it. If you go between 17:00 and 20:00 on Wednesdays all exhibitions appear to be entirely free!
After a happy two hours or so in the exhibition, we walked the short way to my favourite crepe house - Crepe Suzette in Le Marais. I got the crepe of the day which was an amazing melty goat's cheese filling, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with nuts, and my sister got an equally delicious and slightly cheaper ham, egg and cheese crepe. Gorgeous!
Sadly this was my sister's last night in Paris, so it was up bright & early to take her back to the Gare du Nord, before enjoying my last few Christmassy evenings before coming back to London to see my family :)
À Bientôt !
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