Monday 5 July 2010

Notre-Dame du Grandchamp

A statue, of the Virgin Mary I imagine, inside the courtyard of private Notre-Dame du Grandchamp high school in Saint-Louis neighbourhood.
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La statue, dont je suppose qu'il s'agit de la Vierge Marie, dans la cour du lycée Notre-Dame du Grandchamp à Saint-Louis.

25 comments:

Living In Williamsburg Virginia said...

Terrific black and white photo. Beautifully captured.

Darryl and Ruth : )

paulboo said...

Nicely composed Ciel, you kept the statue central under the arch with careful judgement of angle of view; fine work.

Halcyon said...

I like the black and white in this photo. The geometrical designs are highlighted by the B&W.

Lowell said...

A very cool b&w. Great light and shadows.

What the heck does Notre-Dame du Grandchamp mean? Our Lady of Grand Champions?

Tammie Lee said...

wonderful in black and white~

T. Becque said...

Oooh, black and white and lines - very nice! :)

A l a i n said...

Alors Madame tu va à l'école de jeunes filles faire des photos en noir et blanc très belle illustration.
Ps je n'ai pas changé de lunette ; enfin pas encore. ensuite pas remis de nouveau message le dernier et bien Mae sai.

Clueless in Boston said...

Nice lines framing the statue. Well done.

Dina said...

Makes a fine photo.
Interesting how the school teaches a lot in English.

Our Lady of Grandchamp! I was a volunteer with the Communaute de Grandchamp in Switzerland, but I think there is no connection between the two.

Louis la Vache said...

A nice Monochrome Monday image, Ciel.

Olivier said...

la vierge marie est bien mise en valeur, beau b&w

Cezar and Léia said...

Congratulations, this picture is wonderful and I love your idea about b&w here, it's perfect!
Also those lines are really special!
Hugs
Léia

Small City Scenes said...

Very nice. I like the B&W and the great shadows. MB

Gunn said...

I like the way you have created this beautiful photo.
It is nice in b/w and has many nice details.

Malyss said...

Et la question tombe: où est passé le grand champ?..

Diane AZ said...

Nice b&w and I love how the lines suggest perspective behind the statue.

brattcat said...

Wonderfully geometric b&w.

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

In my younger days, I went to St Mary
s church. They have something like this.

Woody said...

I like the composition, there's a lot of details in this shot.

Kaori said...

Beautiful colaboration of the statue and the wall behind it! Especially love that you took it in black and white, Ciel :)

Suzanne said...

This is wonderful. The Saint Louis neighborhood looks like it has so many great things happening there. In Versailles, yes?

EG CameraGirl said...

What creates the lines here? Is it metal? Whatever, the photo works very well in B&W.

Chattahoochee Valley Daily said...

Geometrically interesting monochrome.

Suburban Girl said...

b&w is great with all those lines.

tapirgal said...

That's striking, Ciel!