La Defense

The district, its building commenced in 1958 promoting modernist architcture, is located at the westernmost extremity of the 10-kilometre-long Axe historique („historical axis“) of Paris, which starts at the Louvre in Central Paris and continues along the Champs-Élysées, well beyond the Arc de Triomphe along the Avenue de la Grande Armée before culminating at La Défense. La Défense is primarily a business district and hosts a population of 25,000 permanent residents and 45,000 students.

Idyllic – La Defense I/IX, Place de Furstenberg, Saint Germain de Prés, Paris, France.
Living Space – La Defense II/IX, Paris, France.
Home – La Defense III/IX, Paris, France.
Play – La Defense IV/IX, Paris, France.
Work – La Defense V/IX, Paris, France.
Opposite the same – La Defense VI/IX, Paris, France.
But we cannot let go of the old – La Defense VII/IX, Paris, France.
No dwelling – La Defense VIII/IX, Paris, France.
Our Elysion – La Defense IX/IX, Paris, France.

Photographed October 2013.