Category: Photography

The Road to Reno

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Inge Morath ~ Reno, Nevada, 1960
 

Inge Morath’s first trip across the United States followed a red grease-pencil line drawn by her traveling companion, Henri Cartier-Bresson, from New York through Gettysburg, Memphis, and Albuquerque to Reno. In 1960, the two were among 18 photojournalists commissioned by Magnum to document the Nevada set of Arthur Miller’s film The Misfits. The destination was a momentous one for Morath, both for her remarkable photographs on location as well as her initial encounter with Miller, whom she later married after his divorce from Marilyn Monroe. But it is Morath’s documentation of the 18 days in traveling to the set, collected here in both photographs and written entries, that in its casualness as a travel diary begins to unfold her carefully observed, insightful, and compassionate approach to reportage. ➔ The Road to Reno 

Fauteuil 31

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Réception de M. Jean Cocteau
 ➔ DISCOURS PRONONCÉ DANS LA SÉANCE PUBLIQUE
le jeudi 20 octobre 1955 au PARIS PALAIS DE L’INSTITUT

Frank Scherschel ~ Jean Cocteau, Académie française 1955
 
L’ Épée de Jean Cocteau dessinée par lui-même et réalisée par Cartier en 1955, sertie de diamants, de rubis et incrustée d’ivoire fut vendue en vente publique en 1997 pour 1,75 millions de francs.  Me battre en duel ne serait guère dans mon tempérament. De plus je l’ai fait forger rue de la Paix. – Jean Cocteau