a[n] [auto]biography and a love story.
No one is quite sure what brought you to Arles. You wanted to go south, Vincent, away from Paris, and something drew you to this town. Perhaps it was what Michelet wrote about the beauty of the arlesienne, the women of Arles, but that was not what you would encounter here. Although the walls are […]
Mon, November 30 2009 » Photo entries, Popular Culture, Travel » 2 Comments
If Amsterdam was a wide embrace, if the Kröller-Müller was a sweet smile, if Nuenen was chill breath, and Auvers, hot tears… Paris was a wary look. From the moment I set foot on the Rue de Dunkerque, I felt that Paris would endure my visit, but it did not necessarily wish me well. There […]
Mon, November 9 2009 » Personal, Photo entries, Research, Travel » 1 Comment
One of the things that Vincent and I have in common is a love of old things. The worn, the rusted, the aged – that which many people find messy or ugly – is beautiful to me because it speaks of the time that has passed, the character of a place, the history of what […]
Mon, November 2 2009 » Personal, Photo entries, Research, Travel » 2 Comments