While I’m exploring San Francisco, a city I’ve longed to capture on camera for years, Sivan Askayo – an Israeli photographer based in New York- stops by to share how it took photographing Paris for her to fall in love with the capital. Thanks, Sivan!
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Lately, I find myself daydreaming about Paris. I have this wish to go and live there for few months and photograph the city. I am a true believer that in order to know a place and experience it for all its good and bad, it’s necessary to live there. Trust me, I’m speaking from my own experience as an expat in Manhattan for the last 10 years. I guess ‘once an expat, always an expat’ and you automatically know what to do.
I have been to Paris five times. First when I was sixteen. That was also the first time I had a French kiss!
The second time was when I was 24 and on a short business trip to Saatchi and Saatchi. I still remember seeing the Arc de Triomphe from Maurice Levi’s office – incredible.
My third time was with my mom last year. It was her first visit in almost twenty years and we had an amazing time.
My forth time…
