Photographing Paris with David Turnley

The University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design Summer Paris Study Abroad Program is led by Pulitzer Prize winning Documentary Photographer and Professor David Turnley, who has been photographing Paris over the last 40 years. He first went to Paris when he was 19, studied French at the Sorbonne, and was mentored by some of the greats in the history of Photography who have always made Paris their home. He returned to the U of M to major in French Literature before being based in Paris for ten years as a Documentary Photographer covering the world events of his time. This course leverages his experience to offer 15 University of Michigan students and photographers the opportunity to intensively, each day for six weeks, photograph one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and to produce a self published book of 100 photographs documenting the various neighborhoods of Paris. Our students also take a course sponsored by the Paris College of Art in French Language and Culture. This site, curated by David Turnley and Madeline Frost, will journal this extraordinary once in a life time experience.

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© Luna Archey 2016

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© Jack Chaney 2016

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© Sophia Davidson 2016

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© Erica Gavan 2016

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© Madeline Frost 2016

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© Sybil MacDonald 2016

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© Medha Achar 2016

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© Alex Susalla 2016

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© Dakota Brown 2016

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©Jessica Gray, all rights reserved, 2016.

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©Alexandria Smith, all rights reserved, 2016.

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©Erica Gavan, all rights reserved, 2016.

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©Madeline Frost, all rights reserved, 2016.

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©Sybil MacDonald, all rights reserved, 2016.

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Belleville, Montmartre, Pigalle, & Sacré Cœur

In our fourth week here we had a wide range of locations to photograph. The area that we are staying in has a multitude of diverse neighborhoods surrounding it. Literally translated as “beautiful town,” Belleville is an extremely multicultural and ethnic area. Just up the hill from Belleville is the area known as Montmartre, which is home to Sacré Cœur, the highest point in the city of Paris. Ironically, some of the streets leading up to this grand basilica are known as Pigalle. Pigalle is Paris’s red light district and is home to the infamous Moulin Rouge cabaret club.

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©Medha Achar, all rights reserved, 2016.

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©Sybil MacDonald, all rights reserved, 2016.