Tuesday, December 7, 2010

J'aime...

Some images from a series of French art books put out by Jean-Pierre Moulin and Yvan Dalain in the early 60s. There are twelve books in all: J'aime le cinéma, J'aime l'opéra, J'aime marionettes, J'aime théâtre, J'aime dessin animé, J'aime strip-tease, and so on. Most of the pics below are from J'aime la mime and J'aime la danse. Photography by Monique Jacot and Jeanloup Sieff. The first image tells an interesting story. I want to know more about the difficult, visionary choreographer.







6 comments:

  1. "J'aime LE mime". Many thanks for the photographies (and for the blog).

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  2. Whoops. So this is misspelled then?
    http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120492340067

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  3. Hi Ben,

    I really want to try get my hands on a high res image of the man on page 77..we want to try to get the rights to use it on the Baron 7". Could you tell me which book it is from?
    Thanks!!

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  4. I'll check which book it is when I get back from work -- I think it's J'aime la danse but I'm not sure. The cover art looks great!

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  5. It's J'aime la Mime by Jean Dorcy and Monique Jocot (Editions Rencontre). If you want I can try to make a better scan?

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  6. That would be awesome..only if it's not too much trouble. I will try get hold of a copy also. Thankssssss.

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