Perhaps Cartier-Bresson was referencing Eau de vie ("water of life")
Courtesy of Wikipedia:
"An eau de vie[A] (French for spirit,[1] lit. 'water of life') is a clear, colourless fruit brandy that is produced by means of fermentation and double distillation. The fruit flavor is typically very light."
Joan is a masculine given name in Catalan (e.g. Joan Miró).
I know he's male - I was referring to the blog saying the photo was "of" him when it was probably "by" him. Joan Colom was a photographer from Barcelona.
On the blog page I linked, there's a photo of the print with Bresson's annotation, but you can't see what the words are (the photo isn't good enough). So that's also a possibility.
as he was a street photographer and photographed candid
I have not! Will be getting it soon, though. It looks very interesting. Thanks!Daniela, have you ever read Ce jour-là? I just ordered a copy — would be curious to hear your thoughts.
Beautiful. The third and fourth shots are wonderful too.Thank you, Rolleiflexible. I have one coming now (loads of copies on abebooks). Hope it won't be too beat-up.
Back on the subject of the Nu Provençal, I looked at my copy of Ronis's Derrière l'objectif and found this interesting double-page spread with his account of it. I'm sorry that I can't scan the book - the rather poor photo will have to do as it simply can't lie flat.View attachment 344646
Try approaching a 5 year old on the street and ask them posing for a photo in 2023. See what happens.
I think it’s just a lapse of English
Try approaching a 5 year old on the street and ask them posing for a photo in 2023. See what happens.
Yes - it's from a webpage that didn't reference where it came from
As for the wine - that completely makes sense. When my mother was young, everything went to the store in barrels and you brought your own container. Yet Bresson annotated the photo with the caption that the bottles contained water. But maybe he was being as @snusmumriken suggested.
Also about the Bresson photo, apparently the bottles contained rainwater - which would explain why the bottles have been recorked.
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Another source that states the same.
Let's stop fooling each other, the bottles were topped of with French Wine in a Box, no some traditional cask or jug.
Source: https://mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/collection/objet/willy-ronis-1910-2009In 1983, Willy Ronis donated his fund to the State, which he confirmed with a second donation in 1989 and then with a testamentary bequest. The Heritage and Photography Media Library holds the six annotated albums given by Ronis to the Ministry of Culture in 1985 and 2006, 108,000 negatives and associated contact sheets, 19,000 prints, 9,000 color slides, as well as its archives and library.
Some of the negatives, prints and slides are offered on the Memory database, accessible through the Open Heritage Platform (POP).
Follow POP link only if you have time on your hands!
Perhaps Cartier-Bresson was referencing Eau de vie ("water of life")
Courtesy of Wikipedia:
"An eau de vie[A] (French for spirit,[1] lit. 'water of life') is a clear, colourless fruit brandy that is produced by means of fermentation and double distillation. The fruit flavor is typically very light."
Real eau de vie is a premium product, and I doubt they refilled bottles of it in Paris (It is generally made in Loraine and Alsace) or anywhere. The higher end ones are often made from a fruit called mirabelle. Lot of the craft is in highly controlled, small batch distillation processes. There are more common fruit based liquors that could be called eau de vie, and maybe this could be what is referred to as eau de vie (but only maybe in common language, as the French are pretty strict about what you can call things).
the French are pretty strict about what you can call things
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