Couple "à la Doisneau", a photo from Ile-de-France, North

Photographer's Note

I spent three hours yesterday at the Chinese new year in the 13th district of Paris, commonly referred to as the paris Chinatown. I decided to shoot the people around themarch rather than the march itself, so do not expect to see too many costumes, but street people...

I loved the sight of this bi-national young couple, and the chaos around them reminded me of this famous shot from Doisneau at the Hotel de Ville called 'le baiser volé' (The stolen kiss), except this one was not a set-up, but reality...

Another photo of this couple to come tomorrow but somewhat different... see you tomorrow! ;-)

i tried to warm up a bit the colors in a ws...

SylFondacci, bibiweb, brevbrev14, nunenik ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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bombilla (3406) 2007-02-26 13:21

Good choice, Eric. The spectators are much more interesting -- reality vs. staged spectacle, as you suggest in your note. Not really meminded much of the famous (and now, unfortunately, cliché) Doisneau shot, however, which offers a sense of young, urban enchantment. This seems much different. The couple appear preoccupied, perhaps even disturbed, adrift and alone in a sea of people, clinging to each other in an attempt at security, but . . . even so, the woman seems upset. She looks cold and disturbed, focused on something that has happened to her or to them. And her companion, looking away, seems to be thinking about a solution to a problem . . . or an escape from it. It's a powerful and revealing moment you've captured, but, as I said, for me, it's a long way from the stolen kiss of the Hotel de Ville. -Hugh

faubry (35447) 2007-02-26 13:38

alors Eric tu etais dans le 13 eme... dommage que nous ne nous sommes pas vus....tres belles expressions ici, cete femme semble completement apeuree et li regarde de cote, en se demandant par ou passer.. tres belle photo, bises
francine

delnaja (2056) 2007-02-26 13:50

magnifique Eric! Ce couple bien isolé, dans leur monde, la fille dans les bras du gars qui la protège... même l'expression de la fille dégage comme une peur...
Une photo que je vais mettre dans mes favorites... Merci...

scalerman (26900) 2007-02-26 14:10

Still Eric, a fine picture. I think it a little of the Furachan vein, but all your details are spot. Travel plans in your future? best, c

michiels (4170) 2007-02-26 14:40

hello Eric,

A couple out of tousand. Beautiful photo, great focus on the two persons. I like it very much. And ... a nice couple too.
greetings, inn

SylFondacci (4087) 2007-02-26 14:54

Salut Eric,
Je dirais que les têtes au premir plan sont gênantes mais tu n'as pas dû pouvoir faire autrement, je suppose.
Joli couple, pas très souriant, cela dit.
Bien vu !
Sylvie

bibiweb (8) 2007-02-26 15:10

Salut Eric,
J'aime beaucoup la façon dont tu as réussi à la isoler au milieu de cette foule qui les serre de près. C'est une bonne idée de photographier ce qui se passe dans le public plutôt que ceux qui défilent. Je me réjouis de voir la suite!
Bizzz
Bibi

rhizomes (15343) 2007-02-26 15:26

Salut Eric,
Belle image, moment décisif à la Doisneau, comme tu le dis bien...
Ils ne regardent pas dans la même direction, mais leurs regards sont très intéressants !
Christophe

naxius (16685) 2007-02-26 15:34

Salut Eric,
Ben alors, dommage, on ne s'est pas vu...pourtant, c'est pas faute d'avoir prévenu.
Bon, on ira en 2008 alors!

Ben écoute, sympa c'est vrai de photographier le backstage mais bon,c'est vraiment pas la joie ces deux là...tu es sûr que c'était au NYC?? lol
Un peu grisatre l'univers...ne m'en veut pas j'espère :D

Alex

c'est quoi ce grain?

Rinie_Hoff (9340) 2007-02-26 17:44

Hi Eric, they do not seem to be so happy with the year of the pig, and the image is so different from what I remember from last year. But apart from the event, I do like the photo very much. Somehow I have the feeling that it could be a still from a movie.
Did you have fun?

jinju (14265) 2007-02-26 23:48

Brave Man:) BRinging up Doisneau in your own title...LOL. You know Doisneau would have shot in b/w..and he would probably have paid them to pose LOL. I like the way youve plucked them out of the moving crowd Eric.

nicoz (1979) 2007-02-27 4:11

SAlut Eric!
Apres le catalogue d'agent immobilier, tu nous postes un menu de grand restaurant! avec ton couple couple "a la doisneau" ;-)
C'est le genre de photo que j'aime tout particulierement. La photo est bien prise, on les dirait apeures au milieu d'une foule de gens sans visages. Cette fois-ci c'est pas bleute mais violace (juste pour te taquiner un peu ;-0)
Bien vu!
Nicolas

brevbrev14 (140) 2007-02-27 5:04

ciao Eric, mi piace molto come questa coppia si stacca dal resto di persone!
ottimi anche gli sguardi, i visi, le espressioni di questa coppia!
e ottimo uso di DOF qui!
mi piace molto!
ciao
Valeria

nunenik (135) 2007-02-27 5:28

Promoting bi-nationalism? :)
Good idea. Diversity is always more interesting.
And good idea to have taken photos of the ordinary people instead of the constumes! Makes it more interesting too :)
Cheers,
Nuné

Furachan (0) 2007-02-27 17:11

Superbe ce double portrait transculturel ;o), Eric. Doisneau, peut-etre oui, dans l'elan, mais en plus tristre, lus sombre et donc peut-etre plus interessant.
J'aime bien.
Amicalement,
Francis