Away Ten Years: Photographs Preface At the end of March 2001, I left Providence, Rhode Island to make my home in Paris. Now I have been away from America for ten years. To celebrate that occasion, I selected these images. I limited the selection to images of the Old World. I took most of them, if not all of them, but sometimes you cannot be sure. The camera gets passed around. I do have them all, so they are mine. Now this selection is also yours. I have tried to create images. This is not a documentary of where I have been and who I have been with. Whatever it is I use to record all of what I see, it is not a camera. Everything is moving and changing, be it people, clouds, or objects carved in stone. The camera has the peculiar power to make everything stop. I began with film in a Nikon SLR camera. The Nikon SLR became digital. This year, the images were made with an iPhone. Paul Kahn March 2011
35 Avenue Junot, Paris, France photo: Dominique Negel May 2002
39 Avenue Junot, Paris, France January 2003
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Saint Denis, Le Square Suzanne Buisson , Paris, France January 2003
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Statue de Turenne enfant, Rue de Turenne , Paris, France March 2003
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Zack Kahn and the twins, Frolois, Burgundy, France April 2004
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Looking inland from Cape Gris Nez, near Calais, France June 2004
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Ilana Kahn, Rome, Italy June 2004
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Grafitti, Vilnius, Lithuania July 2004
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Lavaudieu, Haute-Loire, France August 2004
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Krzysztof Lenk, Krakow, Poland January 2005
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Romanesque doorway, Eglise Saint Pierre, Aulnay, Charentes, France May 2005
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Romanesque facade corner, Eglise Saint Jacques, Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charentes, France May 2005
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The sin of Lust represented on the doorway to a monastery, Joseph escaping from Potiphar’s wife, Poitou-Charentes, France May 2005
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Lion exhaling the breath of life, Romanesque church facade, Poitou-Charentes, France May 2005
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Child in Parc Monceau, Paris, France August 2005
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Making blood sausage, Morvan, France May 2006
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Moth, Saint-Leger-sousBeuvray, Morvan, France May 2006
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Camp, Khentii, Mongolia August 2006
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New Buddhist stupa, north of Jargalthaan, Khentii, Mongolia August 2006
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Mural painting, Erdene Zuu, Kharkhorin, Mongolia August 2006
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Mural painting, Erdene Zuu, Kharkhorin, Mongolia August 2006
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Niece and nephews playing in Doljin’s van, Mongolia August 2006
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Herdsman giving directions, Mongolia August 2006
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Detail of Buryat tanka by Osor Budajev (1886-1937), c. 1930s, History Museum of Buryatia, Ulan Ude, Russia August 2006
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Crossing to Orkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia August 2006
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Doorway, Khuzhir, Orkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia August 2006
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Coffe Bar, road to Irkutsk, Russia August 2006
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Oysters, Cancale, Brittany, France January 2007
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Notre Dame, Paris, France January 2007
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Rocks, Normany, France January 2007
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Greenhouse installation, Helsinki, Finland January 2007
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Dominique Negel approaching G-lov(v)e Box installation, Talinn, Estonia January 2007
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Grand Canal, Doge’s Palace, Venice, Italy July 2007
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Venice, Italy July 2007
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Woman photiographing herself in the early hours of the morning, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy July 2007
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Workman moving a bridge through the Grand Canal at night, Venice, Italy July 2007
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Pilgrims’ grafitti, Church of Saint Anthony of Padova, Padova, Italy July 2007
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Astonomical clock, Palazzo dei Carraresi, Padova, Italy July 2007
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Museum of Popular Arts, Laduz, Burgundy, France August 2007
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Antique shop window, Madrid, Spain December 2007
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Choir bench, Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain December 2007
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Romanesque column, Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain December 2007
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Ibn Shushan Synagogue (Santa Maria la Blanca), Toledo, Spain December 2007
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Gore-bot under construction, Pop Ark installation, Brussels, Belgium May 2008
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Romanesque column, Prague, Czech Republic June 2008
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Door knocker and latch, Prague, Czech Republic June 2008
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Maggie Brown & James Koller, Galerie Lavignes Bastille, Paris, France October 2008
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People walking on the beach, Baie de Somme, Le Crotoy, France November 2008
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Adrian Peres playing on a tractor at the petting farm, Yvelines, France April 2009
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Gargoyle, Thann, Alsace, France May 2009
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First day of creation, church facade, Thann, Alsace, France May 2009
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Near Royal Albert Hall, London, England June 2009
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Child on a turkey, building facade, Berlin, Germany July 2009
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Statue of Amazon attacking a lion, Museum Island, Berlin, Germany July 2009
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Romanesque column installed on church facade, Brittany, France August 2009
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Beach, Brittany, France August 2009
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Josselin, Brittany, France August 2009
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View from the kitchen, 50 avenue Parmentier, Paris, France December 2009
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Dining room, 50 avenue Parmentier, Paris, France December 2009
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Chapeu chinois gathered from the beach arranged on the table, Le Croisic, France December 2009
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Madam Chamillard, Sunday Market Richard Lenoir, Paris France January 2010
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Jasmine, living room, 50 avenue Parmentier, Paris France March 2010
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View from the kitchen, 50 avenue Parmentier, Paris, France May 2010
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Romanesque column, Eglise Saint Pierre, Chauvigny, Vienne, France May 2010
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Eugenie Paultre walking in the park, avenue Richard Lenior, Paris, France October 2010
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Brassarie, Strasbourg, France November 2010
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Cathedral seen from Palais de Rohan, Strasbourg, France November 2010
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Snow on Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris France December 2010
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Cappuccino, Helsinki, Finland February 2011
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Harbor Islands, Helsinki, Finland February 2011
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Rainbow, Anost, Morvan, France February 2011
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