A brown wooden panelled door with two stone steps in front, flanked by potted plants and climbing vines against a painted facade.
A dark wooden double door flanked by tall potted bamboo plants beneath a blue facade with the number two above.
A dark green paneled door with a brass lion knocker centered on a pink facade featuring two stone steps and potted plants.
A green wooden door with a Christmas wreath is flanked by green shutters on a yellow facade, with a bicycle and car in the foreground.
A paneled brown wooden door set into a pale facade with blue shutters on adjacent windows and two stone steps leading up.
A brown door with number six above it on a light green wall, flanked by potted plants and stone steps.
A wooden front door with a Christmas wreath hangs on a building facade marked with the number seven, flanked by two potted plants and a bicycle.
A green paneled door with a small wreath beneath the number 8, set in a pink facade with green shutters and potted plants.
A woman in a white puffer jacket and winter hat looks up while standing in front of a light brown door with the number nine above it.
A dark green paneled door with number 10 above it, set in a light green building facade with potted plants and open shutters on either side.
A grey paneled wooden door set into a light blue and beige building facade with two stone steps leading up from the sidewalk.
A teal wooden door with a brass knocker, flanked by potted plants and light blue shutters on a white stone facade, beneath a sign with the number 12.
A blue panelled front door with number 14 above it, flanked by closed blue shutters on a pale stone facade.
A wooden paneled door with glass inserts and the number 15 above it, flanked by two potted birch trees in orange planters.
A wooden front door with a number 17 sign above it, set in a pink building facade with white shutters and potted plants on the stone pavement.
A wooden front door with decorative ironwork sits between potted plants, grey shutters, and a yellow facade with the blue number 18 above.
A bright blue wooden front door with a small Christmas wreath hangs centered below the number 19, flanked by matching blue shutters and potted plants on the stone steps.
A bright blue front door with a festive wreath, flanked by matching blue shutters and potted plants, below the number 20.
A dark green paneled door numbered 21 sits beneath a painted wisteria mural on a light green facade.
A dark blue front door set within a light blue facade, flanked by white shutters, potted plants, and stone steps.
A wooden paneled door with the number twenty-three above it is centered in a light pink stucco wall with two bird murals.
A dark grey front door with a Christmas wreath is framed by light blue walls, dark green shutters, and potted plants.
A dark grey panelled door with a round brass knob, centered in a bright blue building facade with a number 29 plaque and flanked by potted olive trees.
A grey wooden door with a number 30 sign above it, set in a pink and white timber-framed building facade.
A wooden paneled door with number 31 above it, centered in a yellow facade with white trim.
A bright blue paneled door with gold hardware and the number 33 above it, set into a white wall with a gray stone base.
A wooden panel door set in a white facade with the number 34 mounted above.

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A colourful street in Paris

A typological study of colour, repetition and individuality along Rue Crémieux, one of Paris’s most distinctive residential streets.

Type
Gallery
Location
Rue Crémieux, Paris
Project
2023
Published
10 August 2026

Rue Crémieux is a small residential street in Paris’s 12th arrondissement, known for its colourful houses and quiet atmosphere. Built in the nineteenth century, it was originally called Avenue Millaud and was later renamed after the French lawyer and politician Adolphe Crémieux.

Its colourful appearance is much more recent than the street itself. In the early 1990s, during renovation works, residents chose different colours for their façades, creating the character the street is known for today.

I photographed the street house by house, mostly focusing on the façades, doors and small details that make each home feel a little different. The colours are what first draw attention, but the plants, decorations and everyday traces of the people living there are just as much part of the character of the place.

It is a simple series about a very small part of Paris that feels quite different from the city around it.

Behind the camera

Dávid Hosszú

Monochrome studio portrait of a man with a beard and hair tied in a bun, looking downward against a plain background.

I approach long-term projects as open studies of identity, place, and human experience. I’m curious about the patterns we share and the details that make us unique, the way expressions, posture, environment, and movement can tell parts of our stories.

My work combines observation, technical experimentation, and a genuine interest in the people and contexts I photograph. Whether I’m working with portraits or with the surrounding world, I try to create images that are both aesthetically refined and connected to simple questions with complex answers: Where do we come from? How do we shape each other? And what traces do we leave behind?

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