L’heure bleue
“I began with the window. Everything hinges on that corner of glass: the street comes into the room, the day is fading, and the raking light stretches acr…
€3,400 — Le Yack
“I began with the window. Everything hinges on that corner of glass: the street comes into the room, the day is fading, and the raking light stretches across the parquet to the foot of the bar. The rest came afterwards — the couple still standing by the door, the woman in red leaning on the bar, the man in the hat with his cigarette, the young woman sitting alone at a table. Seven people in the same room, and not one glance meeting another. I do not know if it is sad. You can also be at peace in a place where no one asks anything of you. What I was looking for was the hour: that moment when you are no longer in your day and not yet in your evening. I kept the red for the dress and for the c…
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