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Very few people know how much photography can be physical... So. Gentle delirium. Enjoy, since I've done it once, and I won't do it again... : •
Two at a time. One day at a time. Side by side. We are never alone. You have been there, I will be back, whatever... I'll be your mirror or something like that. Some time together. Two. . •
No choice. Three simple things : Silver print photography, feeling the light and holding your breath. What else in front of Beauty ? Special time. Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, 6 III 2012. • •
Simon Keenlyside : wonderful artist. Robert Lepage : wonderful Director. Wonderful team, wonderful shooting, wonderful. Rewind, & smile. "The Tempest", Metropolitan Opera, New-York, 2012. Voilà. •
Lillian Bassman has gone. 13th of February 2012. Sadness. In each and every photography, within time : grace, elegance and humanity. No woman has photographed women like Lillian Bassman. Reverentia. • All photographs © Lillian Bassman •
It is a very special feeling, when 2 photographers meet. Marion is not only a very special assistant on major works (Opéra de Paris, McQueen, Metropolitan NY...). She's got an eye. She's a great photographer. And she kindly accepted to do this not-so-easy...
Opening night. Voilà. 7 février 2012, les instants d'avant... "24 heures dans la vie d'un homme" Palais du Tau, Cathédrale de Reims, FR. Jusqu'au 3 juin 2012. [Paris Gare de l'Est - Reims : 40 mn en TGV] • • Remerciements à : M. Aymeric Peniguet de Stoutz,...
SAVE THE DATE(S) ! PARIS Dimanche 12 février 2012, 17h00, Palais Garnier • Rencontre & signature du livre & REIMS Mardi 7 février, 18h30, Palais du Tau (Cathédrale de Reims) • Vernissage de l'exposition • •
It's about time. It's about 24 hours. "24 hours in a man's life". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILM / FIRST RELEASE : Film / Première : Where ? When ? Studio Bastille,...
At the end of the day, I suppose I find in clowns - inspired ones, great ones, real ones - more truth and humanity than in most human beings... Nicolas Le Riche in "Petrouchka" © Anne Deniau, 2009 •
Floating images on my screen. Random. If Random exists... Edges of illusion. Indeed. • Girl, interrupted. Light. Wonderful mistakes. Elegance. Face. Signs. Terrible, already (1997) Be strong. Red. Thoughts. • John Surman - Edges Of Illusion
© Anne Deniau. Alexander McQueen 2011 by Sarah Burton. The same old story. Starting by the beginning, and the end... and then you fill in the blanks. In the middle of a deep dark week, receiving a season's card. Reading a few words. And smiling. Life...
B like Beautiful city. New-York City. I can't be sure, but I suspect it was the 17th time. I always need a little time, 24 or 33 hours or so. Since first I feel tiny. I look at NY city from inside. Then I go outside, a few moments, and come back inside....
Time after time, or disappearance in 5 lessons. 7.17 PM : Last image. Flash-back. 10.10 AM : Ghost, I 1.01 PM : Some hotel. Light & blinds. A lamp. 5.55 PM : Chelsea Hotel, room 1019. 6.06 PM : Ghost, II. The rooms of innocence. The virtues of disappearance....
Yesteryear. Yesteryear like this year, you caught me. Dearest Sarah... Following the yarn of your thoughts, in a world of ultimate beauty. Outstanding sensuality. Extreme feminity. Stength & fragility. Here you are, here I am. I've been watching you....
... needs fairy tales. Or at least stories out of time, on the edge of time. Back to the Opéra de Paris. A brand new creation, starting on the 22nd of October... : Web site : Subway : Colonne Morris : All pictures © Anne Deniau, 2011. Principal Dancer...
- Tu te crois capable de défier les lois de la gravité ? - Mais oui ! La légèreté est à ce prix. - ça ne tient pas debout, regarde ! - Je regarde, justement, et ça tient très bien : tout est une question de point de vue. - Arrivée là-haut que vas-tu faire...
You know, sometimes you find people very confusing. You look at their faces and the only thing you can read is "lie to me". Or "I'm afraid". Or "Who am I ?". And sometimes, very rarely but sometimes, here is what you read : "Who are you ?" You know, sometimes...
S like Summertime & closing time, Soon. Suddenly. S like Strange and Succulent and Surprising and So familiar and Sweet, Sinusoidal Stream of Surreal times. S like Secret hypnosis of the Sea, almost Silent. Same. S like September, Slightly Scary, as almost...
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Sometimes you should be very careful with signs. And follow them. And some other times, Absolutely Not... Questioning Signs At any time. (NY, July, 2011). •
15th of July. Paris. Opera Bastille, first. Last performance of McGregor's piece : "L'anatomie de la sensation". Then running to Opera Garnier. Last performance too, and farewell. An artist saying "good bye". Turning pages. Opening and closing times....
Just gathering special moments. Life is nothing but chiaroscuro. And light feels good. Therefore, lightness. Nothing equals surrealistic times. Lights between the shadows. • •
When it is not limited to fiction, the film mystifies time and reality, and therefore films are much more violent than still images. Memories are still. You can't remember precisely the beauty of the gesture, you can remember the frozen moment, the moment...
New-York. The city where you walk with the eyes up. Imagine : Lifting your eyes sometimes in Paris too... Opéra Bastille, Paris, June 2011. This picture : courtesy of Mathias Heymann. Picture up : © Anne Deniau Up and down : Jérémie Belingard & Mathias...