Paris as it has never been seen before.
An exhibition spanning the history of the bridges
featuring stunning silver-gelatin nighttime photographs.

The Glow of Paris exhibition presents the culmination of Gary Zuercher’s six-year project photographing and documenting the thirty-five bridges that cross the Seine in Paris. These stunning photographs were shot on film then developed and printed by Mr. Zuercher in his chemical darkrooms in Paris and Washington, DC.

The exhibition presents not only these spectacular images but it also chronicles the rich history of the bridges, a result of Zuercher’s extensive research into that history that can also be heard in the audio tour and found on the labels that accompany the photographs

Research indicates no one has ever before created a work of nighttime photos of all the bridges like this.

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The Components

The exhibition consists of 86 black & white, silver gelatin, archivally preserved, hand printed photographs, presented in geographical sequence following the Seine as it courses its way through Paris.

The introduction to the exhibition features two large graphic panels, providing a history of the bridges and an explanation of the photography work and historical research.

Each photograph is accompanied by a narrative on the history of that bridge.

Large and small map panels show the course of the Seine River as it winds its way through the middle of Paris; smaller panels define the four sectors of the river, the Upstream Bridges, the Bridges on the Islands, the Bridges from the Louvre to Invalides, and the Downstream Bridges.

A short video runs concurrently, and a professionally narrated cell-phone audio tour provides an engrossing stroll down the river.