Promenade hivernale sur l'île pour l'éléphant mécanique de Nantes. Photography by Xavier Wendling.
Promenade hivernale sur l'île pour l'éléphant mécanique de Nantes. Photography by Xavier Wendling.

Urban exploration in Nantes

1/5/2016

Some year end urban exploration in Nantes, France. By a beautiful sunset on the last day of 2015 the city’s iconic elephant didn’t mind a winter chill.

Thanks to an unusually mild weather neither did people mind being playfully sprayed by the Machines de l’Ile‘s most emblematic mechanical animal.

The mix of ancient and modern architecture on the site of the former shipyards provided an interesting background for this scene.

This image is featured in the urban photography section of my photography portfolio.

  • Promenade hivernale sur l'île pour l'éléphant mécanique de Nantes. Photography by Xavier Wendling.
    Promenade hivernale sur l'île pour l'éléphant mécanique de Nantes. Photography by Xavier Wendling.
  • Promenade hivernale sur l'île pour l'éléphant mécanique de Nantes. Photography by Xavier Wendling.
    Promenade hivernale sur l'île pour l'éléphant mécanique de Nantes. Photography by Xavier Wendling.