View through a ventilation hatch into the large reading room of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 1997
View from the Tour Montparnasse across the Rue de Rennes to the Louvre, 1997
Gold-plated spirals adorn the domed lantern of the Institut de France, 1997
View from the legislative "Assemblée Nationale" over to the "Madeleine", 1997
The heat-reflecting firefighter helmets of the "Pompiers" also reflect the lantern of the gilded dome of the Dôme des Invalides, 1997
View from Saint Eustache to the "Bourse de Commerce", once the grain hall of Paris, 1997
Roofers under the huge oak beams above the nave of Saint Eustache, 1997
in 1997, the former World Exhibition Hall of the Grand Palais was closed due to dilapidation
Nets protect against falling components in the iron and glass hall built in 1899, Grand Palais 1997
View from the ridge turret of the Saint Eustache market church over the north of Paris, 1997
The market hall "Carreau du Temple" is one of the last classic iron halls in Paris, 1997
The "Grande Arche de la Defense" could easily cover Notre-Dame,1997
View from the "Samaritaine" department store over the Louvre into the "royal axis" to the Grande Arche, 1997
The hall of a former "Bouillon" restaurant is now used by the "Academie de Billard", 1998
Marie is a concierge in a commercial building on Rue d'Uzès, Paris 1997
From the dome, the view extends almost 100 meters down to the visitors of the "Dôme des Invalides", 1998
in 1827 the Palais Bourbon was rebuilt for the National Assembly "Assembée Nationale", 1998
Plenary hall of the CC of the CPF is located underground at Place du Colonel-Fabien, Paris 1998
A forest of chimney pipes, mansards and zinc sheeting make up the charm of the Parisian roofs, 1997
Idyllic dormer windows on one of the townhouses for the nobility on Place des Vosges, 1997
Equipped for all eventualities: Firemen amongst the oak beams of the dome of Les Invalides, 1998
The café "Les Deux Magots" was once the living room of Parisian intellectuals, 1998
The reading room of the National Library built in 1868, Paris 1997
"Chambre de bonne", rented attic room in the west of Paris, 1998
The former attic rooms of the servants are the cheapest accommodation in Paris, 1998
In the roof truss of one of the townhouses for the nobility on Place des Vosges, 1998
Victor Hugo was inspired by the view from Notre Dame, Paris 1997
At the very top, under the Opéra Garnier's pompous iron dome, the opera ballet rehearses, 1998
Zinc panelling is the preferred building material of Parisian roofers, 1998
The Dupleix weekly market under the protective roof of the Metro train, 1998
For Serge, a homeless man, this shop window niche is his temporary home, 1998
View of the Eiffel Tower from the Avenue de la Bourdonnais, Paris 1997
"Montagne Russe" (roller coaster) is the name given to the domed landscape above the National Library's reading room
Book and record stores in the Passage de Choiseul, 1998
Die Passage Jouffroy, von den einst 150 Passagen in Paris existieren nur noch zwanzig
Under the restaurant dome of the department store "Au Printemps", 1997
Inspection tour by "Pompiers" Fréderic, National Library
"Cordonnerie" Bagnarosa at the disused "Petite Ceinture"
Editorial office of "Libération" in a former parking garage, 1998
Spontaneous serenade by students over the rooftops of the Ile Saint Louis, 1998

Under Parisian roofs 1998

In no other metropolis are the rooftops as dominant as in Paris, in no other city are they so sung about and revered. Exploring this world was not easy for Kajo and the Parisian author Günter Liehr. To get under the skin of Paris, it took many letters (thankfully with the support of Michael Thoss and the letterhead of the Goethe-Institut) and often long application processes. Time was a factor that should not be neglected. Not only during the long research, after obtaining photo permits, it was often essential to get past door codes, intercoms and janitors in optimal light to quickly reach the roof or across the zinc roofs of the city. The Parisians met the photographer's stammered remnants of school French with great sympathy and helpfulness. Unfortunately, the photographer was denied access to the roof truss of Notre-Dame Cathedral, but he was given unhindered access to the market hall church of St. Eustache with a key weighing a pound. The illustrated book was published by "KaJo bei Stürtz" after the sale of our publishing house in May 1998.