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Chasing happiness
<p>June 2024, a street in Paris, in black and white. A man and a woman, clearly in love, run toward a flock of pigeons just to watch them fly away. The image evokes Robert Doisneau’s iconic and timeless photographs of the French capital. David Kirscher photographs this urban scene from the bottom of a staircase: the couple seen from behind, the birds scattering across the city sky, the street stretching out behind them. This is often the kind of image he seeks—a moment that tells a story, without us knowing quite where it begins or where it ends.</p> ... See more See less