Travel Photo Essay: Paris 2013 - Protest Outside of Notre Dame

We had just left the Shakespeare and Company bookstore and were circling back to Notre Dame when we saw close to twenty police vans racing up the street. And then we saw the crowds and heard the chanting. The French are known for staging protests, and while we were in Paris our bus had to be rerouted because of a protest staged at St. Michele, and we had heard of two other protests. This demonstration was in reaction to the passage of gay marriage. As we walked from the protest we saw a police boat heading up the Seine, apparently to arrest the two protesters suspended from the bridge. The day we left for home, a man took his life inside the cathedral in protest of the passage.

Shakespeare will have the final word on this: My bounty is as boundless as the sea,/ My love as deep; the more I give to thee/ The more I have, for both are infinite.





1 comment:

  1. Hey Danna,
    Travis Braun here. I recently came across a post you did from August 10th 2012 when you featured my piece Tom Waits' Melodramatic Nocturnal Scene.

    I currently have a Kickstarter project up and going, you can see it here

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/travisbraun/50-rock-n-roll-posters-phase-1-0

    I was wondering if you would be willing to highlight / feature my project here on your blog?

    I also have a new website - http://rocknrollerart.com

    I am kind of lost when it comes to marketing and promotion and I was wondering if you could help me with that.... I would GREATLY appreciate anything you would do to help spread the word about this project!

    To promote my Kickstarter campaign I've also created 39 promotional posters. I am posting a new one every day. Today I posted #23, you can see them here - http://pinterest.com/travisbraun/50-rock-n-roll-posters-on-kickstarter/

    Thanks for your time and consideration, I really appreciate it!

    Travis

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