le Gard en pastel

Coincidence maybe, but looking back at the photos I had taken this past week in the Gard, they all seemed to have a slight pastel hue.

Santiago Calatrava

On our recent Easter pilgrimage to the Languedoc-Roussillon, we had the good fortune to pass through Lyon. Like a cathedral built to worship transport itself, the St. Exupéry railway station linked to the city's airport, is a wonder to behold. The architect behind the space and scores of others around the world, is Santiago Calatrava. A man of many talents. If you are not yet familiar with his work, I recommend you have a good look here.

ooh aah, Tesla Tapes

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The word in our house right now is to check out Tesla Tapes, current project of Manchester outfit, Gnodheads. Rather partial to this old-time photo of Eric Cantona, sporting a brilliant AJ Auxerre shirt.

foiled again

Last year I wrote a post entitled 'it's only March' as we were experiencing something of a heatwave in Edinburgh around the same time, a year ago. I missed the boat and did not quite manage to get the top photograph of this post in last week, heralding the joys of Spring and its better weather. A week ago we were experiencing cracking weather and sporting sunglasses (as in the second photo down). The bottom image is of my daughter and me in snowy Edinburgh... yesterday.

on location

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Photoshoot today with my daughter, Location Scotland and Multiply, in this amazing house in Edinburgh.

Tommy's Leith

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Great new drawings by friend and Edinburgh artist, Tommy Perman. These are of our old stomping grounds of the city's Easter Road and Leith. See more of his work here.

La Samaritaine

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The dearly departed La Samaritaine department store in Paris (it closed its doors in 2005), has had a recent brilliant revival. Though no longer open for official business, the beautiful Art Nouveau building is still in use every now and again. Today saw the place used for the Kenzo show during Paris Fashion Week (see above) and was featured in last years' Leo Carax film, Holy Motors (see stills below), with some great scenes of Kylie Minogue doing her stuff round the store and on the iconic roof. Lovely original advert, too, at the bottom of the page of the shop in its heyday. RIP.