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Associate Professor · Fudan University × SIMIS

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FIELD RECORD / WINTER–SPRING 2025

* SUR YVETTE

Bures, Gif, Orsay & the Yvette valley, France

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Scenes from Bures—home of IHES—and nearby towns along the river Yvette.

Silhouette of a person crossing a street in high-contrast black and white — 01Down the plateau from Université Paris-Saclay.

Houses on a hillside with a person crossing a road in black and white — 02Facing the plateau near Palaiseau.

Close black-and-white portrait of a cat with reflective eyes — 03Fluffy neighbour.

A dense network of bare winter branches in high-key black and white — 04Winter at IHES.

High-contrast silhouette of a crow in a field — 05Outside lunch companion at IHES.

A flock of pigeons flying between two buildings — 06Pigeons in Palaiseau.

A geometric pattern of shapes and colour on a building façade — 07Across the road from Ormaille.

Repeated coloured forms on construction scaffolding — 08A building under construction at Université Paris-Saclay.

A house façade and tiled roof below a wooded winter hillside — 09The house beside mine.

A repeating row of white houses and chimneys above parked cars — 10Housing near Ormaille.

Modern housing with illuminated windows under an overcast evening sky — 11Buildings near Parc Paul Loridant.

A paired image of a train and a red car — 12RER B—the spine of the Paris transport network—and a bridge over its line in Bures-sur-Yvette.

A car parked among colourful trees and bushes — 13Pre-spring, Orsay.

Two white sheep and one brown sheep grazing in a green field — 14Why is the plural of sheep just sheep? Madness.

A Canada goose, two pigeons, and a couple on a park bench — 15A goose, two pigeons, and a couple walked into Parc Paul Loridant.

A person juxtaposed against a row of tall buildings in Bures-sur-Yvette — 16The few tall buildings in the area, Parc Paul Loridant.

A plane flying over tall buildings in Bures-sur-Yvette — 17Orly airport is not far from Bures. Parc Paul Loridant.

Two mallard ducks in a park in Bures-sur-Yvette — 18These ducks are not friendly people. Parc Paul Loridant.

A woman in a red headscarf sitting on a bench among tall green trees — 19Parc de Sceaux.

A child among cherry blossoms at Parc de Sceaux — 20Cherry blossom at Parc de Sceaux, spring 2025.

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