We went to see the new Richard Avedon exhibition that opened last week at the Jeu de Paume. We waited in line for about half an hour to get in, some of that time in the sprinkling rain, but it was absolutely worth it. It was a really great exhibition with a lot of work on show.

This is the best I could do.

Aude, Richard Avedon style

Turns out I’m no Richard Avedon.

I decided to try something a little different this weekend. I haven’t really had a good chance to play with my new toy, so I decided to mount it on my camera and take a few shots.

These were all taken with my new manual focus, 45mm pancake lens. The lens is a reproduction of a 1960s Nikon lens, and dates back to the Tessar design from the 1920s. I really like the shots from the lens – I think they have a great vintage feel to them. Just to complete the illusion, I set my camera to in-camera black & white.

Manual focus, 1920s lens, B&W. Old school, baby. Henri Cartier-Bresson, eat your heart out.

Street corner

Aude gazes into a shop window

The Seine

Lamp post

Aude

Walkers along the Seine

Park bench

Dome

Moto

Velibs

Aston Martin

Typically French. No two panels match, covered with dents, different wheels, and parked illegally on a traffic cone.