Night falls in the gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte. On Saturday evenings from May to October, this 17th-century Chateau is lit by candlelight and a fireworks display, and ambiance perhaps similar to that of August 17, 1661, the night of the party that inspired a very jealous Louis XIV to construct Versailles. Nicolas Fouquet, the owner of Vaux-le-Vicomte, had thrown the party in Louis’s honor, not knowing the king had already planned to arrest him. Voltaire would later write about this night, “On August 17, at six in the evening Fouquet was King of France, at two in the morning, he was nobody.”
Paris-based photographer Danielle Voirin travels the world and documents her experiences in photographs. She takes street photography and photojournalism a shade beyond even art, to the level of mysticism. You may see more of her work on her website DanielleVoirin.com, or her alt website, DaniVoirin.com.
Such a peaceful shot; i suspect that I’d prefer to view the candles minus the fireworks, though I’m sure they are lovely.
I just read the brief write-up about Fouquet; I had not remembered just how young Louis XIV was king. Twenty-two? Good grief — *nobody* would make a good ruler of a country at that age.