The twentieth century French photographer Edouard Boubat celebrated his passion for photography through the beauty, the simplicity and the little things in life.  The plainness of the old woman sitting on the bench in Place St. Sulpice captivated him.  It was a reminder of the everyday life of people everywhere.  Boubat used the images of Paris to depict the controversies of religion, the effects of war, cultural ideas and much more. 

As times changed, and modern technology became available, Edouard Boubat followed the trend.  It became necessary to do a lot of his work in color, yet his passion remained with the past, and black and white photography. 

The building, Church of St. Sulpice, in Place St. Sulpice, has been re-imagined and rebuilt many times.  The picture of a destitute woman shows it is not only the building that was being recreated, but also the people who lived there.