William Darhy Urban & Street Photography

Girl smoking a cigarette - Le troubadour

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:35 +0200

Sometimes it's hard to find words to describe a picture. This one was taken in Montmartre, Paris. This young woman was waiting patiently, smoking a cigarette, sitting near the board with the troubadour restaurant menu. She seemed to be lost in her thoughts, and not paying attention to passers-by and tourists in the (relatively) calm street leading to the restaurant. I was above her, during half a second may be, the time to focus and frame. She must have detected my presence somehow, and she raised her eyes. Her look was very intense. She was not angry, nor really surprised, she was just patiently observing what was going on around, still lost in her thoughts I guess.

Basilique du Sacré Coeur

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35 +0200

I guess everybody knows what the Sacré Coeur, located at the top of the Montmartre hill in Paris, is. I kind of enjoy this dramatic sepia processing for monuments.

Very bored kid

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:21 +0200

A kid is standing at a window at the second floor of a building near Pigale rue des Martyrs. The kid looks really bored, expecting someone to come. (his parents, a friend?)

No picture on wallpapers

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:21 +0200

I was shooting passers by in front of this beautiful light blue frontage, with "Papiers Peints" (wallpapers) written in big red letters. The shop is located close to place du Tertre in Montmartre, Paris. I had been there standing in front of this shop for about ten minutes, when a guy came verrryyy sloooowwwlyyy, sat on a step, got a cigarette in his pocket, and then, raised his eyes to me and just made a sign not to take any picture of him. The funny story is that the guy had been looking at me for a long time while I was taking pictures (he was sitting at a café behind me), and he just got to sit in front of my camera intentionally, just to prevent me from shooting him. Crazy isn't it? I think he deserves this picture.

Un air de déjà vu

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:21 +0200

A man with green striped polo, is looking back at a woman, sitting at a bus stop, wearing pink shirt and pink trousers. The man seems very doubtful. "Have I ever seen this woman before???". Was taken in Paris, Vème arrdt.

Coincidence...or not

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:53 +0200

A woman and a man are sitting at a table in Montmartre, Paris, near place du Tertre. The woman has bright red hair, the man wears a red headband and a red shirt. The chair, ashtray and wall all around are red as well. Pretty much out of focus, it was taken too quickly from the hips :-/
All these red items are a true coincidence? May be not...

Need help?

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:53 +0200

Woman wearing a white shirt and blue dress looking for her way in Paris streets. She is reading a guide of Paris (and probably a map), very closely, so closely that she can't read using her glasses, that she puts on her forehead. Taken in Paris Vème

This is the one (it is breaking the news)

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:53 +0200

Composite made of (first picture) a man with grey stripes shirt, watching a lady wearing a red and white shirt and holding pink flowers in her hand. The man (second picture) then reads the newspaper where the sentence "This is the one" is written on the front page.
Maybe a sign coming from ... somewhere?
Taken in Paris quais de Seine

Girl who missed the subway - NYC

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:53 +0200

I republish this photograph to celebrate my first publication at 1x.com!

You can read the full story about this picture here : Girl who missed the subway

Pose and graffitis

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:53 +0200

Marseille - Notre Dame du Mont