Coastlines and Concrete – Shots From the French Riviera

With a forever finely-tuned eye for lines, forms, textures and tones, Open Journal’s resident photographer Jeff Provan has turned the OJ Instagram feed into a compelling documentation of the finer details surrounding us in architecture and the built environment.

Also as avid a cyclist as they come, Jeff has embarked on a cycling tour of Italy, Corsica and this week, the southern coastline of France. From Le Corbusier’s Cité radieuse building in Marsielle to the beach scenes of Nice and the Cote d’Azur, the pictures, as they say, speak for themselves.

Exquisite scale and detail: Le Corbusier, Cité radieuse, Marseille, France, 1952.

Le Corbusier, Cité radieuse, Marseille, France, 1952.

Le Corbusier, Cité radieuse, Marseille, France, 1952.

Rooftop, Cité radieuse. Le Corbusier, Marseille, France, 1952.

External stairwell, Cité radieuse. Le Corbusier, Marseille, France, 1952.

Steps in Nice, France.

Building detail. Nice, France.

Poolside. Nice, France.

Seaside on the Cote d’Azur, France

Umbrellas and horizon. Nice, France.

Fountains on promenade. Nice, France.

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All photos by Jeff Provan