Wednesday, 23 December 2015 By Chant Wagner

Everything Happened, Nothing Happened - Tout est arrivé, rien n'est arrivé - 130 Street Photographies after the Paris Attacks {Paris Street Photo}

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Everything Happened, Nothing Happened - Tout est arrivé, rien n'est arrivé - 22/130 © 2015 CHANT WAGNER

130 Street Photographies after the Paris Attacks - 130 photographies de rue, après les attentats de Paris - In Memoriam

When the café Bonne Bière reopened its doors three weeks after the horrific events of November 13, patrons new and old were glad to be part of this life affirming gesture. As we speak, of all the bistrots targeted by an international terrorist organization, only two have reopened, the other being Comptoir Voltaire...

Under a surface of normality, you can sense that a lot is going on in people's minds.

In a way it is symbolically apt that there is this metallic barrier standing there. It makes the point, by accident, that this terrace was a war trench and may still be one. It is like during the Great War of 1914-1918, you stayed in your trenches and waited and waited for a new wave of attacks from the ennemy. It's a waiting game in many ways for the civilians, who have no training to resist.

To me in this picture, the persons outside and inside the café look normal yet not normal.

This photo is part of a series capturing the atmosphere of Paris after 11/13 in 130 pictures, one each day for each of the 130 Paris Attack victims.

Previously:

Patriotic Street Art - Un art des rues patriotique - 21/130

Keeping Emergency Services in a Central Paris Hospital - Maintien des urgences à l'Hôtel-Dieu - 20/130

Semiotics of Insult - La sémiotique de l'insulte - 19/130

Hacking It - Le système D - 18/130

Habit Rouge Impression - Une Impression d'Habit Rouge - 17/130

Recueillement - Meditation - 16/130

Saving Memorial Art from the Rain - Sauver un art de la mémoire de la pluie - 15/130

A Month Later - Un mois plus tard - 14/130

December 13, 2015 - Le 13 décembre 2015 - 13/130