Good Fruit: Paris!

So, Paris. Paris was less crazy than i expected. It did remind me quite a lot of london. i decided it would be a good idea to keep track of all the places ive eaten in, stayed at, drank at etc in case i decide to incude practical info. The tasks have been pretty easy to do (if you havent looked, see my links), just trying to keep track of the continuous ones and then also do one offs here and there. But its only 6 days into the trip and i´ve already taken over 600 photos, attempted brief conversations in french many times, and am generally really enjoying it all (you´d be daft if you didn´t). The little tasks kind of feel like little games of eyespye here and there and not like a chore. the couple i´ve found tough are recording all moustasches and also stereoypes - it´s not that i haven´t seen any, just that by the time you have realised or got your camera out its too late - unless you memorise them then draw them later! i definitely want to be a bit more ballsy and ask people if i can photograph them and try and talk to more people. this may be easier/different in Holland and Denmark where they speak really good English. I´m ok at French and can get by, but having a fully-fledged converation is difficult. That´s why i don´t just want this project to be about finding the most real/deepest/purest culture you can; but also having fun and creating art while you travel. I tend to just take photos but I´m going to try a few different visual approaches, as well as including Tom´s completed tasks - as i want to show that anyone can do it, and not all in the same way. Enough blabbing and figuring out a french keyboard, here´s a few completions/examples of continous tasks that will make more sense at the end...

Task #3. Create a series of repetitive images using the bed-linen/patterns in your accommodation.

"Hotel Commines, Paris"

Task #4. Spend a day/the whole trip actively ignoring tourist attractions and document the experience: Walk upto the attraction then take a photo in the opposite direction.

"Lindsay at The Moulin Rouge, Paris"

7. Leave a self-addressed, stamped envelope in lots of places with instructions for the person who finds it to write on it and post it.

"L´Atelier, Rue Au Maire, Paris"

Task #31. Go to a famous building/monumnet/bridge etc., line your camera up as if to take a picture of what's in front of you, then walk straight forward and take a picture as close in as you can (but in focus). Name the picture by the name of the famous structure.

"The Eiffel Tower, Paris"