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
I came here every night of my stay in Arles, I believe. It is important to call it Le Café Van Gogh, because that is what it is. It is a restoration of the cafe that you painted, not the original. It is meticulously designed. Yet – it rests in the same location. And so […]
Mon, November 23 2009 » Photo entries, Popular Culture, Research, Travel » 9 Comments
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