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May 20

My video primer on jeu de paume, shot in April for Smithsonian Magazine. (All was filmed at the Société Sportive de Jeu de Paume in Paris with the help of pro Rod McNaughtan and French amateur champ Mathieu Sarlangue.)

(In the catwalks above the jeu de paume court at Château de Fontainebleau, April 2010.)

Is this a tennis court? Yes, but it’s not the tennis you’re thinking of. At all. Head over to Smithsonian Magazine to check out more photos and my article about jeu de paume, the ancestor of modern lawn tennis.

Jeu de Paume: Holding Court in Paris — Smithsonian Magazine