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As viewed from the top of the Eiffel Tower, the Seine River winds through a tranquil tableau.
Impressions of Paris
Computer wizardry transforms
modern photographs of Paris
into images intended to evoke
the masters of Impressionism
In celebration of the Honolulu Academy of Arts' current exhibition of Impressionist paintings, "Japan and Paris: Impressionism, Postimpressionism, and the Modern Era," Dennis Callan, who usually writes "Three Days in ..." the first of the month, presents a portfolio of photos of Paris.
Callan, president of the Hawaii Geographic Society, has taken thousands of photographs in Paris during many visits to what he considers the world's most beautiful city.
In homage to the Impressionist masters, he selected his favorite photos and transformed them into Impressionist-style "paintings" using Photoshop and other computer techniques.
The Hotel DeVille...
A slide show of several hundred of these images will be presented before selected movies at the Academy's Doris Duke Theatre through the end of May.
The academy's art exhibition, featuring works by Monet, Gauguin, Picasso, Kunishiro Mitsutani, Maeta Kanji, Yorozu Tesugoro and other mutually inspired artists of the late 19th to early 20th centuries, continues through June 6.
Hours for the exhibition are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Tickets to the show are $15 for adults, $10 for children 6 to 17, free for children under 5 (no strollers or backpacks allowed).
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is at 900 S. Beretania St. For more information, call 532-8719.
...and Versailles' Hall of Mirrors are among the sights not to be missed when visiting Paris.
Versailles' gardens were created for royalty but are now open for all to enjoy.
Notre Dame is majestic whether you climb the hundreds of stairs in the cathedral to see the famed gargoyles or just take a seat and marvel at the stained glass and towering vaulted ceilings.
Paris is filled with cramped little bookshops overflowing with tomes.
