Parisian Lifestyle & Love…
The Bettina Rheims photography exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in the Marais is showing until the 27th of March 2016.
You see it at your own peril… depending on your sensibilities.
The exhibition, which is curated by Vanessa Mourot, with the participation of Jean-Luc Monterosso, is a co-production with the Stockholm Fotografisca…
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Snowdrops…
In… winter…
Dancing… with…
Wind… and rain…
Flowering…
Blossoming…
Under… my tree…
On… grassy banks…
They… sway…
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I have… just…
Finished… re-reading…
Ernest… Hemingway’s…
“A Moveable Feast”…
What… a journey…
What… a feast…
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“Play it… Sam…
Play… ‘As Time Goes By’ “…
The sublime “Ilsa” (Ingrid Bergman)… her expressive face… sad, tender, nostalgic… implored her former lover “Rick’s” (Humphrey Bogart) friend and house pianist Sam… to play their special song upon spotting him playing the piano… as she entered the establishment “Rick’s Café Americain”…
“Le tout Paris” and I… were bewitched, enthralled, and mesmerized watching the iconic film “Casablanca” yesterday night…
Magnificent… love…
Dazzling… passion…
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Cannes… Film…
Festival… Is…
“Pour… moi”…
The most… fabulous….
Film festival… in the world….
It is… glamorous…
“Mais… intime”…
None of… the “Mega”…
That is… Hollywood…
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“Twelve… Years…
A… Slave”…
Rather…
Twelve…. shades…
Of… shame…
How…
Did human psyche… dip into the depths of its…. pathological disintegration…
Why…
Was such demeanment… humiliation… and chilling cruelty… inflicted upon fellow humans…
The much praised 2013 period drama… an adaptation of the 1853 memoir by Soloman Northup… “Twelve Years a Slave”… was imposed upon us on the small screen… “la télé”…
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When… young…
Rummaging through much loved books… in an old musty library… I touched on a novel which fascinated me…
It was… “The Sheik”…
Not only did I read the book voraciously… I also watched the film starring… the incomparable “Rudolph Valentino” and Agnes Ayres…
Both left an indelible impression on me…
The novel is about a young British aristocrat… a Lady Diana Mayo… who is kidnapped by a dashing Sheik…
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François… Hollande…
Chef… de l’État…
Inaugurated… opened…
La Philharmonie… de Paris…
Along with his entourage… including Anne Hidalgo… the mayor of Paris…
Was met on the opening night gala on the 14th of January… with a “sustained and spontaneous ovation”…
“Un concert… historique”…
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Robert Mapplethorpe…
An… artist…
Obsessed… with…
Aesthetic… perfection…
Although… a world-renowned photographer…
He was… a sculptor at heart…
Who… wanted…
“people to see his work, first as art, second as photography”…
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Berber… Women…
Of… Morocco…
Exhibition… was…
Mysterious…
Authentic…
Not only was I whisked away… transported to that magnificent land… which mesmerised me… at first sight… it also brought back vivid memories… during my journey there… and the stunningly beautiful Berber jewellery I collected… loved and adored and still wear today…
Pour moi… it was a moment…
When time… stood still…
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