Vélo Series: Paris Poste
By Adam Hodges

The bicycle is about transportation. Whether moving about town or racing at top speed. Movement is the common goal. Delivery of goods and people to places.

I took this photo on a street on the left bank in Paris. Three colors, three items. Green bike, yellow mailbox, blue door. The combination of the solid green, yellow and blue provide a stark albeit somewhat natural contrast with each other and an interesting juxtaposition with the dull tones of the building and street.

Movement. Green, yellow, blue. From Il Postino to the US Postal cycling team, bikes and the post have created an affinity for one another. The mixture of old and new in both the photo and imagination plays on this theme. I also see the three key elements represented by the contrastive colors (bike, mailbox, door) as symbolic of movement (bike) and delivery (mail) of people to places (door of the home). A microcosm of existence centered on the bicycle. In all its plain glory.

What do you think?