Avec L’Amour
“I love you, Je t’aime, Te amo, Ich liebe dich, Vivian, Ti amo… I love you…”
Yes, I love you. Written 310 times in 250 different languages.
I stand at Place des Abbesses, reading the “I Love You Wall” (Le Mur des Je t’aime), observing the vines and moss clinging to it.
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“1975. One morning. The terrace of Café de Flore. Photographer Jean-Loup Sieff stands behind a pane of glass, facing the sun, waiting for a decisive moment.”
“This morning. I stand behind the same pane of glass, facing the sun. The scene in the viewfinder is astonishingly similar. Almost everything is there, even the running on Boulevard Saint-Germain. For instance, the blond boy, the woman in a suit, the elderly man in a wool hat, a pair of lovers, the little dog in a red sweater. Yet, their running signifies a new era, a new brilliance, different from the photograph.”
“The path leading here is the path of freedom.”
