The video captures a very unfamiliar city, under occupation and scenes of liberation. How very far Europe, France, Paris, Germany have come in just 70 years.
Month: June 2014
Paris, this time, 70 years ago…
The past weekend was all about the decisive allied intervention in Normandy that turned the tide of the Second World War. For Paris, liberation was not too far in the future. But, one would imagine that the atmosphere would have been tense and uncertain in occupied Paris. Late Night News On the 10th of June,…
Left, Right, Left: A Historical, Parisian Tale of University Graffiti
I came across graffiti while working at two very different Parisian universities. They gave me pause to think about how graffiti, as a sensory tool, is a powerful mechanism that engages – or maybe even ‘politicizes’ our sense of sight. Graffiti can challenge the beholder on several levels – as a critique and legitimator of the…
Anon's Paris 