Ryan Nauta

August 12, 2026. The waning solar eclipse, reflected on a pond at the Château de Sceaux.

Crowds preparing for the partial solar eclipse, on the steps of the château.

A quiet path on the grounds of the château.

Woman fans herself against the miserable Parisian heat as she stares at the eclipse.

A woman holds her protective glasses to her head and she leans on a stone rail to watch the eclipse

August 13: Musée d'Orsay

I thought this was the line for the impressionist gallery. It was a line to take a picture with the clock silhouette.

More clock! But golden, this time.

Berthe Morisot, Une jeune femme en toilette de bal. Just captivating.

François Garas, Temple à la pensée, dédié à Beethoven. Superman's ice palace?

Van Gogh, La nuit étoilée. I've been obsessed with this painting for about a decade, but the photos online never had the reflection of the impasto come through so clearly as when you see it in person.

Van Gogh, Portrait de l'artist. Also, the brushstrokes? You don't notice them until you're in front of the painting and then you realize they're so stark.

Sigrid af Forselles, Jacob's Dream (vase). I love the carving and glaze on this.

Gustave Courbet, The Wounded Man. I know this is meant to evoke romanticism and the hero's suffering; it seems narcissistic? idk

Crêpe. Nutella, banana, strawberry. Would eat again. La Crême de Paris Notre-Dame.

Man exits a chapel in the Notre Dame de Paris.

The freshly cleaned ceilings of the halls of Notre Dame.

Memorial to the fallen of the British Empire of the first World War in Notre Dame.

A wall of photos from the Memorial de la Shoah.

The eternal flame at the Memorial de la Shoah. Behind, phrases from the book of Lamentations: Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. Young and old, our sons and daughters were cut down by the sword.

The cookware shop E. Dehillerin, famously frequented by Julia Child.