Pierre Guayacan

Light and Shadows

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-05-10T06:00:00Z

The outside of the Louvre Museum is a wonderful playground for photographers, the square courtyard (Cour Carrée), the pyramid, the gardens... It is one of my favourite walks. But even though I go back there often, I have never (yet) found this particular luminous atmosphere allowed by the position of the sun at specific periods of the year (late autumn and early spring).

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Iron Lady and Leather Ladies

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-05-03T06:00:00Z

I can't wait to see this pre-covid atmosphere and mix of all kinds of creatures at the Trocadero.

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The Intruder

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-04-26T06:00:00Z

The practice of dance has grown on Place de la République during the years 2010-20. Sometimes perhaps a little too much, sometimes a little too closed, even to the point of privatising parts of the square with construction ribbons. The swing dancers seem to me to be among the most open and joyful. This photo evokes one of those rare moments of sharing between the dancers and the less privileged "inhabitants" of the square, who are the intruders?

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World Music Day

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-04-19T06:00:00Z

There is nothing like a wide aperture (here f1.4) to isolate a subject. I wanted to highlight one of the percussionists who were jamming on the Place de la République during the 2017 Fête de la Musique. The shallow depth of field tends to erase the relationships between the characters in the photo and lets you imagine them.

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FKDL Style

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-04-12T06:00:00Z

At the beginning of my street photography practice, my attention was still often focused on urban art. This had been the main subject of my photos in the previous years. At that time I regularly went to this dead end of the Swiss Cultural Centre where many artists show their work. That day there was a recent collage by FKDL, in the foreground a couple whose wife looked like the subject of the piece. So yes, the sharpness is in the background, but I really like this rather off-the-wall photo (…)

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Life in République

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-03-22T07:00:00Z

This is one of my first photos on the Place de la République, a rather classical scene since the square is subject to a strong and frequent police presence but is also a place of life for the poorest.

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Canal Saint Martin

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-03-15T07:00:00Z

At the end of autumn, I had chosen the time of my walk along the canal to have the sun in the axis. From one of the footbridges, I framed the Grange Aux Belles walkway. The light was there, all I had to do was wait for the characters to fall into place.

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On line!

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z

After already a few years of walking the streets and sharing photos on instagram, I needed to put forward otherwise a strict selection. This is the purpose of this site. A few series, the Obsessions, my favourite street photos and some infos make up its content.
Erational implemented this tailor-made graphic theme under SPIP, and the specifications were far from being standard... I am very happy with the result, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do!
All the photos are in relatively (…)

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Urban Nap

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-01-27T18:23:36Z

I was about to take a picture when someone passed through the frame I didn't have time to grumble, the person sat down (I don't know if it's the first or the second one in the picture), anyway, what a gift!

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Together

Pierre Guayacan — 2021-01-27T18:20:39Z

For the record, it was during an "Instameet" on the Champs de Mars that I took this photo. The way in which mobile phones often contribute more to separating than to bringing people together appeals to me. They are together, but are they together?
I only saw afterwards that the position of the arms echoed at the Eiffel Tower.

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