Showing posts with label Rustic Charm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rustic Charm. Show all posts

Monday, 14 December 2015

French Folly, Rustic Charm






As quaint and charming as these buildings are there is something about this "village" that troubled me. I have visited this place twice and enjoyed every minute but it was also quite unsettling. It was built as a folly for Marie Antoinette, none of the buildings are properly functional and it was designed to give the queen a sense of living a rustic life like her subjects but looking back it just highlights the gulf that really existed between the aristocracy and the "common people".

That being said there's a real quality to the setting and it's really photogenic and I hope you agree these are lovely shots...