This enigmatic image of the courtyard behind the Palais Royal in Paris,
is my choice for this week’s entry for the Alive for 365 project.

I was captivated by the architectural art, and waited quite a while until ‘something’ happened. This was in the days of still shooting transparency film, and not digital where you can shoot something near endlessly. I had to wait for the shot … and when these two women walked across the frame, I waited until the moment when I felt they were in just the right spot.

For me, in this photograph they are visually in a position where your eye follows the lines in the frame.  If they had been in a different place such as between the rows of striped pillars stumps, then your eye would’ve stopped there.  Instead your eye now roams across the image.

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