My chums Nicolas and Julien from the Collectif Petit Travers, were back in Auch this week – the collectif were in residence at CiRCa with the Debussy Quartet for a new production titled ‘Nos Matins Intérieurs’ (« The mornings inside »)
It was great to see them again as we’ve been collaborating since 2014 – and they still use some of my original images from that time.
Petit Travers & Quatuor Debussy « Nos Matins Intérieurs »
The new production is huge compared to most of what they’ve done before – 10 artists on stage AND a string quartet playing live. All new!
They still have a nasty tendency to avoid lighting – a few years back they performed by candle light ! All in all a well rounded production – which we sadly won’t see here for the time being.
Petit Travers & Quatuor Debussy « Nos Matins Intérieurs »
Been active recently, which is nice to be, as birthdays tend to be a bit of a downer…
Anyway, despite criticism from the « BABBA » (Benders and Bum Bandits Anonymous) my wedding photos seem to have gone down very well – however I won’t be repeating the experience – bit of a ‘been there, done that’ sort of feeling really, and it was promised as a one off.
The ‘8’ has arrived and been put into use – I’m fortunate to be able to say mine doesn’t suffer from the dreaded problems which have resulted in a recall of certain serial numbers.
What a week – changing a windscreen wiper motor, front brake pads AND repairing a rear door electric window, I now feel my stint as car mechanic will hopefully also draw to a close.
Another thing shortly to be pensioned off is my Flickr feed – I don’t think I’ll be publishing anymore over there. What’s the point? I don’t ride a ridiculous folding bike or photograph cauliflower so I feel strangely out of place. I will, obviously, remain in contact with the few friends I’ve encountered there, but it’s a bit like changing email address – great way of weeding out the dross, and dross there is, in monumental quantities.
The ‘dreaded’ wedding has been and gone – the relief is enormous.
In hoesty, the only ‘dreaded’ bit was not producing images that were appreciated by the newly married couple – which seems not to have been the case as I’m receiving almost daily messages of thanks and joy!
Like most of my ‘work’ the images are, for the most part sharp, bear no refgerence to how skilled (or not) I might be at riding a bicyle, and for the most part, don’t concern trains and/or Bordeaux.
This was probably a great relief to the couple as their wedding took place in Auch…
They are a lovely couple and, to my certain knowledge, don’t have any hooks in their garage ceiling, which makes them so much more appealing. The remit was basic – ceremony at 16h at the town hall in Auch (civil ceremony – 20 mins and your out mate) then off into the wilds to the ‘Fou Gascon’ a wonderful place for the reception with excuisite decoration, food and drink – top marks to the young couple who run this – it really was 1st class from beginning to end.
A wide open remit is oki, if you know the pople you’re working for – it helps to have an idea of their taste as some newlyweds are very keen on the classic, very ‘posed’ wedding shots – luckily this couple were simply looking for a discrete photographic record of the entire sequence – which I think I provided.
Here are the three ‘teaser’ shots I sent them before the actual album…
I fully realise that these are all crap, to some, but….wait a minute….do I care?
It’s nearly all over – we spent Saturday the 3rd of June here in Auch – and despite the fact that there were only 53 participants, I think it was a good year.
This year I decided to make a couple of changes – the morning would be given over to a workshop, in our concert hall, and the two themes for the afternoon would be announced together to enable people to wander off and spend their afternoon freely looking for inspiration.
The workshop was a tough one – I have spent the last few months ‘developing’ a fold-up pinhole camera! This is great fun – you start with a simple box, make a few holes, add a piece of photographic paper and bingo!
And despite the fact that there were 53 people totally lost, we all managed to A: make the cameras, B: take a photo with each camera and C: come back and develop the photos!
Naturally, two groups didn’t like this and complained that « this wasn’t the spirit of Déclic » and « we prefered it before » etc. etc. well darling, you try inventing new things every year – it’s REALLY easy to criticise, but a whole different ball game when it comes to putting on a show. Needless to say, these people WILL NOT be invited next year.
The jury takes place today, Wednesday 7 June and the winners will be announced on the site tonight…
Could be interesting…
Well it was…and this image was one that caught my eye (although I couldn’t vote) and managed to win the prize for the 5th Theme « Le Vélo dans le Paysage Gascon » (« The bicycle in the Gascon Landscape« )
