A Lifetime of Love for Paris
A lifetime of memories, history, and photography has bound me to Paris in ways that are entirely my own.…
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Paris, One Month After the November 2015 Attacks
Moving past the classic postcards, my camera found a different Paris in December 2015. Outside the Bataclan and across the squares, a resilient city was pausing to mourn, remember, and keep moving forward.…
The Arch That Stayed With Me
A brief scene in A Little Romance introduced me to the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. Nearly fifty years later, that small arch between the Louvre and the Tuileries remains one of my favorite places in Paris.…
A Parisian Museum, a Family’s Tragedy, and the Lessons of History
The Musée Nissim de Camondo is one of Paris's most beautiful house museums. Behind its extraordinary collection of French decorative arts lies a tragic family story that ended in Auschwitz.…
Robert Clary: From Hogan’s Heroes to Holocaust Witness (1926-2022)
For many viewers, Robert Clary will always be Corporal LeBeau from Hogan’s Heroes. Behind the laughter, however, was a Holocaust survivor who lost nearly his entire family and spent decades ensuring that the stories of victims and survivors would not be forgotten.…
Walking Along the Seine
In 2014, I stumbled across Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light. The author, David Downie, is an American who has lived in Paris since 1986. He loves Paris deeply and knows it far better than…
The Bureau: France’s Riveting Spy Drama
The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes) is a gripping French spy series created by Éric Rochant for Canal+. It follows the daily life and missions of agents in the DGSE—France’s equivalent of the CIA—head…