Book Stalls along the Seine.
by Pablo Lopez
Title
Book Stalls along the Seine.
Artist
Pablo Lopez
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
If you've ever strolled along the Seine River, you've surely walked past the famous Parisian booksellers and their stalls. Known as bouquinistes, these often crusty old characters sell rare books, posters and historic memorabilia out of green wooden boxes mounted on the walls alongside the river.
The banks of the Seine would not be the same without them. The booksellers and their green painted boxes have truly become one of the many iconic symbols of Paris. It was once said that the Seine is the only river in the world that runs between two bookshelves! Always in the open air during any weather “by the wind, the rain, the frost, the snow, the fog, and the great sun, that they end by looking much like the old statues of cathedrals” (Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard).
Uploaded
September 24th, 2015
Statistics
Viewed 3,342 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/18/2024 at 9:21 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments
There are no comments for Book Stalls along the Seine.. Click here to post the first comment.