Sunday, March 1, 2015

Lorraine Motel, Tennessee


Lorraine Motel, Tennessee

Memphis Civil Rights Museum

April 4, 1968 sadly immortalizes the Lorraine Motel.  Room 306, its balcony, cars on the parking lot...time has stopped. 

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Fallingwater, Pennsylvania


Fallingwater, Pennsylvania

Frank Lloyd Wright

Twenty years before designing the Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright, inspired by organic architecture, created the Fallingwater house. Expensive project, he even suggested “unsuccessfully” that the house’s concrete surfaces be coated in gold leaf.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Mexicantown Detroit

Mexicantown, Detroit

Do you know how good Bubbaloo gum is?
Spanish class field trip at the end of the school year.
Chaperoning 6th graders.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Tour de France


Etape 7

5 juillet 2013 : Montpellier-Albi
Centième année du Tour. Sous la chaleur  et après des heures d'attente à l'ombre d'un platane, les voici enfin...

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Terre


Tropique du Cancer

 Entre Port-au-Prince et Miami, peut-être les Bahamas...

Mother Earth

  Detail

The Birds
What an interesting contrast. Is it a dream or a nightmare?

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haïti

Les camionnettes haïtiennes m'intriguent : beauté, éclat des couleurs, originalité... Chacune d'elles raconte une histoire. Mais qui donc en sont les peintres?








Friday, November 16, 2012

Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France

Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France

Quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire!

De cave en cave ... du Deus- Ex Machina au Da Capo ... la visite des producteurs de Châteauneuf -du-Pape demeure un périple exceptionnel.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

Duel

 It is not about provocation, but just about seasons. Alligators do not eat during winter.

Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Community services.


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Nevada Desert, Nevada

Nevada Desert, Nevada
 
The Moon.

What the heck are you doing here Moon? It must be the Vegas influence -- crazy nights, too much booze, and pathetic mornings.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Death Valley National Park, California

Death Valley National Park, California

Cactus.

Qui s'y frotte s'y pique.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Death Valley National Park, California

Death Valley National Park, California 
         Geology                                                                  

Do I have a real interest in geology? Not always but when the different layers look like chocolate cake it is difficult to resist.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit,.Michigan                                         

The Fist

Joe Lewis (1914-1981): "the Brown Bomber" -- World Heavyweight Boxing Champion -- Made in Detroit.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Louisville, Kentuky

Louisville, Kentuky


Muhammad Ali Center.


"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
For Muhammad Ali's great personality: his rhymes, his jokes, and his politic activism.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Lillian, Alabama

Lillian, Alabama

Spanish moss.

Nothing is more typical of Southeastern states than Spanish moss. The legend about its origins involved a Spanish girl who had her long dark hair cut off by Cherokees and thrown into an oak tree.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Lillian, Alabama

Lillian, Alabama

Sand writing.
All is said!

Monday, December 27, 2010

Gulf Shore, Alabama

Gulf Shore, Alabama

Gumbo.
I have a passion for gumbo, creole gumbo, cajun gumbo, all kind of gumbos. I could live on gumbo for days, weeks... months even. Yes, I could.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola, Florida
Where did I park my car?
I am going to choose the red one!        
I like compact(ed) cars.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Somewhere, Earth

Somewhere, Earth
Ninja boy.
Do not hide from me Ninja boy!
Do not even think about it!