Breil is perched in a quiet valley about an hour’s drive north of Nice. It is popular for trout fishing, historic walks and visits to the surrounding olive groves, so unsurprisingly it is not exactly a hotspot for international tourists. It is therefore tempting to dismiss it using the normal sleepy town cliché, and I guess in many ways it is probably true.
But the reason I love street photography is that it can capture a certain microcosm of interesting relationships between people and their built-up environment that is not necessarily obvious at first glance. Breil definitely didn’t disappoint me. You can view the full photo set here. Below are a few tasters.
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nice photos. i bet theyll look even better in black and white =)
Thanks Diana! I reckon some of them will look good in B&W for sure – I’ll try some mono conversions.