Photos in the Luxembourg - Terrific and free.

Today it was the photography shows at the Luxembourg that beckoned.

 

#1 is a display of 40 or so photos "of emotion" from 30 years of Figaro hung on the Grille of the Gardens that were quite stunning; everything from literally stunned first-responders to 9/11 to the awful conditions of the gold miners in Brazil.

The of course a walk through the gardens past the sculpture they scatter about to -

 

 

#2 at the Orangerie of the Luxembourg where they are celebrating France 's chairing of the European Union with a show called "Images d'Europe: 150 ans de photographie en Europe " that has dozens of photos grouped both thematically and by country but not chronologically. 

There's everything from the Parthenon and ancient London residences to IKEA's move into China and a windmill farms (circa 2006) in Denmark with Marlene Dietrich and Sigmund Freud thrown in for good measure.  A dandy show, and free too.