passionate undiscovered stories

So my mother got to Paris on May 16th.  The following almost-two-weeks were filled with every restaurant, expo, and sight I have wanted to go to but haven't been able to fit in/afford since I've been here.  Days and nights have been packed.  Hence the large gap in posts.  I will make up for it now with a couple posts-worth of samplings of all of the greatness I have been participating in.  Hooray.

Finding interestingness in unexpected places is one of my favorite things.  Paris scores an A+ in this arena.   On the 17th we went to a fabulous photo expo, right in the middle of couches and dishware on the third floor of Le Bon Marché, one of the most famous department stores of Paris nearby Sciences Po in the 6th. 

The expo presented the work of Ellen von Unwerth, a German model turned photographer and film maker who fell under the spell of hollywooders.  Her expo displays her playful and sexy photographs of some of the film industry's most heavy hitters: Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, George Clooney, Brad, Madonna, Salma Hayek, Audrey Tautou, ...  

{Hayek}

 {Eva Mendes}

{Pitt}

Her photographs are presented to you in large print, suspended in the air, complemented by twinkling lights in an entirely black room.  With an accent on fun and beauty, these shots transport you into passionate undiscovered stories.  She brilliantly creates new worlds, to the point where many of the subjects of her photos, whose faces - plastered on every screen and magazine - we know by heart, are unrecognizable.  Unwerth succeeded at making these actors stay true to their careers and put on a show in every print.

 {Unwerth}

Definitely a destination.  Open until  June 19th.  Click.