August Flânerie

Paris, the figure of the solitary stroller who both records and comes to symbolize the emergence of the modern city has a name – the flâneur.

flâneur (one who strolls, observes and enjoys),

The rational flâneur is someone who, unlike a tourist, makes a decision at every step to revise his schedule, so he can imbibe things based on new information,

Le philosophe du XXe siècle Walter Benjamin était captivé par l’idée du flâneur. Il écrivit une œuvre monumentale intitulée Paris, capitale du XIXe siècle - le livre des passages, qui est une anthologie de milliers de réflexions et d’aphorismes dont certains de sa plume. Il s’agit d’un classique de la flânerie. Le lecteur imagine facilement Benjami

The Practice of Everyday Life. Taking New York as his subject, de Certeau provides a useful distinction between the street-level gaze of the walker and the panoptical perspective of the voyeur,

These days it is possible to live particularly disembodied existences, enabled by environments and transportation so comfortable you can wear flip-flops in New England all winter long if you want to. My hope is that the quest every day for a good photo causes you to be outdoors and on foot more. On foot it is impossible to remain out of touch.