Smooching by the Seine

Seán Moran reports from the city of love.

- Seán Moran

How romantic. In my photo, a couple share an umbrella near a Parisian merry-go-round, while on the far bank of the river Seine the Eiffel tower disappears into the rain. Off-camera, a forlorn accordioniste finishes playing Edith Piaf’s La Vie en Rose, then lights up a pungent Gitanes cigarette. The lovers are oblivious to all of this: they only have eyes, ears, and noses, for each other.

But I might be completely misreading the scene. The pair could be brother and sister, or perhaps it’s a professor from the Sorbonne talking to a PhD student about their philosophical researches.