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Paris Tips: Embracing Dance at the Cimetière de Montmartre
Posted by J. Quigley in Ballet, Dance, life and death, Olympics 2012, paris, Paris, Photography, potentially haunting on August 2, 2012
Paris Tips: Embracing Dance at the Cimetière de Montmartre.
Dancers from all over the world leave their ballet slippers at Marie Taglioni’s Shrine
in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris.
via one of my favorite blogs…People, Places and Bling!
Posted by J. Quigley in People, Photography, Reblogs, Women, Women Artists on January 31, 2012
This fascinating photography post comes from http://www.chicquero.com. All of these nature prints combined with the female figure symbolize the connection with women and nature…mother earth. I find these photos quite lovely.
Cecilia Paredes was born in Lima, Peru.
The photography of Paredes constitutes and attempts to demonstrate that the body of the women – her own body – is a sacred zone, not profane, to restore its perception as something miraculous amidst the technological chaos that currently surrounds us.
Cecilia is interested in using art to explore the boundaries of nature. As a photographer, she often uses her own body as a medium for presenting a dialog between the spirit and the natural world. Working with her assistants, she creates photo performance based works that have her seamlessly blended into backgrounds. Acting as both the photographer and the subject, she uses make-up, body paint and any costume she needs to make her virtually disappear.
Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we…
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Jane & Serge
Posted by J. Quigley in 20th Century, Couples, French Singers, Photography, Serge & Jane on December 17, 2011