In Pictures: Nuit Blanche 2011

From Jacob Kleinman

2011 marked another fascinating edition of Nuit Blanche, an all-night annual event that sees the city taken over by artists and performers and enlivens the streets with installations.

In this shot: The Hotel de Ville (Paris City Hall) was one of four focal points at Nuit Blanche 2011. The square and the streets surrounding it were swamped with contemporary art enthusiasts, tourists and young Parisians out for a good time. Across the street, at the BHV department store, every single window was lit up in blue and a strip of video screen looped a series of images in which words appeared and then transformed into a skyline, before collapsing and beginning the process again.