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  • Paris 9 A.M.
    An attempt to avoid tourists and some clichés
  • "J'adore Paris!" 

    This phrase is typically followed by a romantic swoon. As one cliché goes, Paris is the most romantic city in the world. While this is arguable, the fact lies that Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world (or indeed the most). This simply translates to having a scarily high number of tourists.

    And, this truth has a strong hand in the conception of this photo series. How could one take pictures of Paris with as minimal number of tourists in the pictures as possible? How does one avoid presenting the clichés of this magnificent city in his or her photographs?

    9 A.M. is the cutoff time for the following photographs. It is when the sun's morning glory starts to wane, and when the tourist flock starts to appear.... or so one thinks.