Journal · Quiet Estates · Paris, France

An afternoon in Paris

A Paris elopement

A bride and groom embracing on the streets of Paris, wisteria blooming nearby.

There are two kinds of Paris elopements.

There is the kind that fits the postcard — Eiffel-framed kiss, white linen, every cliché brought back from the dead because they are clichés for a reason. There is also the other kind, which makes the postcard accidentally on its way somewhere else.

The day we made these pictures was the second kind. A walk through the seventh. Wisteria coming over the railing of the Seine. A reflection in a puddle that nobody planned. The Tower, when it appeared, almost behaved like the supporting actor it never gets to be in Paris.

A small ceremony. No witnesses but a city. A wedding day on a Tuesday.

If you are reading this and wondering whether to elope to Paris — there is no version of that question where the answer is no.

Stephanie

For the couple

If your day is the one worth remembering,
I’d like to be the one who keeps it.

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