Lake Vigil (France, Chartres)

Lined up like silent sentinels, the paddleboats of the Parc des Bords de l'Eure sleep on the water, while laughter rises from a lit terrace below. Here, the river is no longer a transport route but a scene of leisure—a fluid passage between past and present. Once crisscrossed by flat-bottomed boats used for fishing or transport, it retains a fluvial memory that the nighttime reflections gently awaken.

The old illuminated pavilion, whose blue windows are outlined in the black water, seems to watch over this summer theater where light, heritage and suspended temporality intertwine.