80+ Exceptionally Beautiful Photographs of Paris

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Who hasn’t dreamt of visiting Paris once in this lifetime? Dubbed the ‘City of Light‘, Paris is one of the, if not the most, romantic city to ever grace the earth. Any tourists to this beautiful and culturally rich city will be overwhelmed with excitement by the thousands of places this city has to offer. Wherever one goes, a good photo spot is simply around the corner for one to capture the moment forever.

One famous photography spot is the magnificent thousand-feet Eiffel Tower, the global icon of France. This awe-inspiring 320-metres iron structure was built a century ago in 1889 by renowned French engineer, Gustave Eiffel, and it remains as one of the most visited and photographed monuments in the world today. Other than the phenomenal Eiffel Tower, Paris is also home to several other major attractions such as the Arc de Triomphe, Basilica of Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, The Bastille, Louvre Museum, Opéra (Paris Métro) and La Défense. The list of places for picture-taking seems never-ending.

As you can see, Paris is superb for professional and amateur photographers alike. For this very reason, we thought it will be inspiring to have an excellent collection of photos of this amazing city that might be of interest to you.

Eiffel Tower

The triumphal arch

Concorde Square

Madeleine

Opera

La Defense

Bastille

Invalides

Lafayette

Louvre Museum

La Seine

Notre Dame

Hotel de Ville

George Pompidou Art Modern Museum

Moulin Rouge

Sacred Hearth

Cite de Ciences

More of Paris

About Author

Luis Lopez is an independent graphic and web designer living and working in Paris (France). He is doing a master degree in animation and special effects. Also you can visit his blog or follow him on Twitter.

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Posted by hongkiat in Inspiration , at 07.19.09

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  1. Rahul July 19th, 2009

    Pretty impressive photo shoot. Very professional too. I felt that I was actually in Paris.

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  2. Fábio July 19th, 2009

    Simply amazing !!!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Erikw July 20th, 2009

    Wow… that’s stunning

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  4. shraqs July 20th, 2009

    AWESOME

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  5. Mahallo Media July 20th, 2009

    Wow great photos!

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  6. Snee July 20th, 2009

    Who took the pictures? Any credits?

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  7. dlv July 20th, 2009

    ufff, terrify… truly nice post, there are a lot of great shot
    I desagree with all extreme hdr images, there are some examples here..

    About Snee comment, i agree, linking the images are right, but perhaps you have to put the author in the botom of each image (in normal or small text size)… it’s better reading and in that way , as readers, we¡re going to know the photographers without follow the link-image

    adeux, thanks for share Liam!

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  8. pat ledonio July 20th, 2009

    gorgeous.

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  9. BebopDesigner July 20th, 2009

    Stunning collection! Thanks for sharing such amazing images.

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  10. 阿鸿 July 20th, 2009

    Absolutely stunning shot. Really enjoy the picture :D

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  11. Divyesh Jain July 20th, 2009

    its just awesome… its called the creativity….

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  12. thomasbdl July 20th, 2009

    Amazing pictures of a truly inspiring city…

    But pay a little attention though, it’s actually “Cité des Sciences” rather than “Cite De Ciences”. ;-)

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  13. Luis Lopez July 20th, 2009

    Rahul, Pabio Erikw, Shraqs, Mahallo Media, Pat ledonio, Bebopdesigner, Divesh Jain: Thanks you, I’m glad you liked it, the idea of this post was to inspired everyone who likes exceptionally pictures, In this case Paris With all the awesome places it has to offer, in cities like this one inspiration is everywhere.

    dlv: The Hdr pictures are an excellent way to show you the city as real as it can be done, with all the textures and feelings you can grab from it.

    Snee, dlv: Every image links you to the artist page who took the picture, that is a motivation for you if you like it to go and see other samples of they work, not only read their name.

    thomasbdl: As the titles are in english the é doesn’t exist in.

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  14. Vim July 20th, 2009

    very impressive set of shots, Luis Lopez did you take all these shots?

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  15. hongkiat July 20th, 2009

    Once again, thank you Luis for such a great collection of beautiful and inspiring photos of Paris. I guess you really need a local to give such an insight of the this City of Light :-)

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  16. Benjamin July 20th, 2009

    Superb photo shoot, but what soft are you using to perform such effect on it?

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  17. Hosh July 20th, 2009

    Enough with HDR shots! HDR does not make any photo “exceptionally beautiful”…

    Btw, it’s not “Cite de Ciences” but “Cité des Sciences”

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  18. xavier July 20th, 2009

    My eyes are bleading : HDR, partially desaturated pics, distorded fisheyed images … MY GOD, WHY ?
    Some pics are just not representative of Paris at all. Paris deserves much better.
    Some are great, though, very inconsistent set.

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  19. Romain Pignoux July 20th, 2009

    En tant que Parisien, je vous le dit tout net, c’est magnifique, WONDERFUL!!!!

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  20. Ronnie July 20th, 2009

    amazing !!! Inspiration

    Thanks for sharing!

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  21. p-h-d July 20th, 2009

    Wondeful pictures indeed.

    Allow me to suggest a view at mine http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=paris&w=28485267%40N00
    and more specially this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/p-h-d/3361181228/in/set-544831/

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  22. Tricia July 20th, 2009

    Definitely going back to Paris one day!

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  23. tobiCOM July 20th, 2009

    iam impressed! Thx for sharing!

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  24. Heroow July 20th, 2009

    Like Hosh…
    Too much HDR!

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  25. Blogueur Influent July 20th, 2009

    Creepy ! It’s like visiting Paris with the SFX maker Pitof (Vidocq, Catwoman), it has nothing to do with Paris, or quite nothing, for most of the pics. Paris monuments are not what’s important in Paris. And if you always look up with filters and fisheye, you won’t see the dogs shit that are one of the city trademarks (see Robert Altman “prêt-à-porter” for more informations about the limits of parisian “chic”).

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  26. Addicted July 21st, 2009

    good pictures!
    n_n!!!

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  27. jmk July 21st, 2009

    Rarement vu des photos aussi laides !

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  28. Guillaume July 21st, 2009

    Fabuleux….. merci d’avoir partagé un tel diaporama avec nous.

    Salut

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  29. Luis Lopez July 21st, 2009

    Paris est belle, est la favorite de photographes, avec ou sans effet, Elle est magnifique, meme avec le dechet du chien.
    de tout point de vue elle est inspiratrice.

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  30. Johnson Koh July 21st, 2009

    There is always surprises here. Great post guys :)

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  31. Chalouah Akram July 21st, 2009

    Very nice! Take a look about mines! Thx =)

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  32. Chalouah Akram July 21st, 2009

  33. carlos July 23rd, 2009

    felicitaciones un maetro del arte fotograficp.

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  34. Julien July 23rd, 2009

    J’aime habiter ici… ;D

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  35. Jacob Totolhua July 29th, 2009

    Son impresionantes las fotografias, hay mucha creatividad y ojo para poder sacar fotos de este tipo.

    Saludos

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  36. Joao Coutinho July 29th, 2009

  37. younona July 29th, 2009

    I love Paris, these pic show me that … :P

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  39. Luke Sheppard August 8th, 2009

    I speak as a photographer here, CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER! Links aren’t sufficient.

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  40. William August 10th, 2009

    The second photo in the category “The triumphal arch” is actually not “L’arc de Triomphe”, but probably some place around the Louvre Museum or “Palais Royal”, not sure.

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  41. GOLD August 11th, 2009

    ps is the key to these pictures,and i want to buy a new camera,such as canon 40D?

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  42. Luis Antonio August 12th, 2009

    Es una maravilla que las imágenes no tengan idioma, pues para disfrutar de tan excelente trabajo sólo tengo que dejarme llevar de las sensaciones, emociones y sentimientos que afloran naturalmente al observar las fotografías, gracias, muchas gracias por permitirme soñar y recordar tan hermosa ciudad.

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  43. Design Wannabe August 13th, 2009

    Beautiful

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  44. Mikeldesigns August 17th, 2009

    Fantastic collection i have some of this pictures quite similar and other places in HDR also .
    But i think this is a fantastic collection.

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  45. younona August 23rd, 2009

    Also I want to see from you some nice pictures with sexy cars :P

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  46. casablanca August 31st, 2009

    Also, what is bejeezus is the Sacred Hearth?

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  47. casablanca August 31st, 2009

    No. The HDR looks completely un-natural and does not do it’s subject matter any justice. It is tacky and off-putting. People need to Chill out with the HDR.

    Most of the subway shots are quite strong and evocative though.

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  48. WisdomMountain September 17th, 2009

    Beautiful collection.I like this.Please email me new series.Thank you for sharing.Keep it up.See you!

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  49. Eddy September 18th, 2009

    Sympa de ce servir sur FlickR & DeviantArt, sans prévenir les auteurs, pour ce faire des articles.
    Aucun copyright d’indiqué en plus. (certaines photos ont même été croppées pour enlever le copyright, ce qui est illégal)

    Cool to use FlickR & DeviantArt, without any advertisement to the authors and create froù it an article here.
    You don’t even mention the copyright ! (some photos have been cropped to cut off the copyright, what is illegal)

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  50. Ashley Adams : Postcard Printing September 21st, 2009

    Brilliant collection!! Though I too think the HDR looks very un-natural. Anyways, thanks for sharing them.

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  51. Clark October 13th, 2009

    Perhaps it’s more time consuming but you should credit the source of the photographs beyond a general link to their portfolio. In many cases you are using imagery that is under copy write.

    Brilliant site and inspirational series but the photography is theirs not yours.

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  52. Robin October 19th, 2009

    I look forward to your pictures.Such beautiful shots.I get goosebumps.I doubt if I will ever make it to Paris.Trying to save for a trip to the UK where my daughter’s boyfriend lives and my Brother in Law is from Wolverhampton and has family there. I try to coax my hubby to travel out west to see Mt.Rushmore,Yellowstone national park and so much more.I went out west when I was about 4 or 5.I will never forget the real ghost towns cuz there was no one else there.I guess when word got out alot more people went.This may some silly but before I die I would LOVE to see SaturdayNightLive..

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    Wonderful collection of photographs

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  54. aperture templates October 22nd, 2009

    amazing images.

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  55. Peb Chennai October 26th, 2009

    It is really beautiful collection

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    The photographs-of-paris are Excellent and awesome and amazing

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  58. seo faqs November 21st, 2009

    Excellent collection of beautiful-photographs Thanks for sharing

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