Saturday, February 11, 2006
i wanted to see how a photo would look on the blog. this is a brassai photo from the 1930's entitled "le mome bijou". she was a habitue of the paris cafes, famous for her surliness to the other patrons from whom she'd demand that they buy coffees for her. there were stories that she'd been a famous, beautiful courtesan who'd gone mad and lost her looks and wealth. there were other stories that she was really a man. she disappeared not long after this photo was taken and he only managed to get this and a couple of other shots of her. it's one of my all time favorite photos. i came across it in his book "the secret paris of the thirties" when i was quite young and have loved it ever since. i love the set of her mouth and the look in the eyes which have seen way too much. what a beautiful monster.
# posted by rae121452 : 2/11/2006 05:03:00 AM
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Greetings! Trekked on over here from Snickers blog.
When I saw this picture, the first thing that popped in my mind was a scene from "Titanic". It was when Leo was explaining a picture he drew in Paris of some woman who frequented a particular cafe. She wore all of her jewelry and her moth-eaten clothes. Then I read you're description. It would been really cool if the eras were more in sync.
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When I saw this picture, the first thing that popped in my mind was a scene from "Titanic". It was when Leo was explaining a picture he drew in Paris of some woman who frequented a particular cafe. She wore all of her jewelry and her moth-eaten clothes. Then I read you're description. It would been really cool if the eras were more in sync.
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