My life needed some shaking up in the year 2000... I was unhappy... unfulfilled .... uninspired  and lost .... I'd never been to Europe and don't speak French - but I decided that Paris was the place to go and do the shaking .... The moment I arrived I felt at home ... pretty much exactly how I experienced NYC in the late '60's for the first time .... I found my peace and my center ..... and found an inspiration that fuels my passion still to this day .....  These are some of my images from my first trip to Paris ... they are a collection of black & white, hand-colored ... and digitally imaged street scenes ..... Thanks Paris ....