Thank you Marion for sharing these moments, in your unique way.

"24 hours in a man's life" • Opening night 7 II 2012 • Palais du Tau, Reims

All pictures © Marion Parez

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Opening night. Voilà. 7 février 2012, les instants d'avant...

"24 heures dans la vie d'un homme"

Palais du Tau, Cathédrale de Reims, FR. Jusqu'au 3 juin 2012. [Paris Gare de l'Est - Reims : 40 mn en TGV]

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Remerciements à :

M. Aymeric Peniguet de Stoutz, Administrateur du Palais du Tau, Reims. Pour sa confiance et son aide précieuse.

Ms Marion Parez, Assistante & Photographe. Fidèle parmi les fidèles.

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Stéphane Bullion, Danseur Etoile. Naturellement. 

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Existence.

Face to face.

19th, 21st & 22nd hours

The smiling angel.

Smiling.

Back.

Dream.

24th hour.

Abandon, 12th hour.

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PARIS

Dimanche 12 février 2012, 17h00, Palais Garnier • Rencontre & signature du livre

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REIMS

Mardi 7 février, 18h30, Palais du Tau (Cathédrale de Reims) • Vernissage de l'exposition

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FILM / FIRST RELEASE :

Film / Première :

Where ? When ?

Studio Bastille, Opéra Bastille (Première, 5th of April 2012 only)

Palais du Tau / Cathédrale de Reims (April & May 2012, dates to be announced on the website)

Studio Bastille, Opéra Bastille, le 5 avril 2012 exclusivement (première)

Ensuite séances programmées au Palais du Tau / Cathédrale de Reims (avril & mai 2012, dates à venir sur le site du Palais du Tau)

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EXHIBITION :

Exposition :

Where ?

Palais du Tau / Cathédrale de Reims, France. (please click on the image for details)    

When ?

8th of February / 3rd of June 2012

du 8 février au 3 juin 2012

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BOOK :

Livre :

Where ?

On sale at the Boutiques of the Opéra de Paris (Garnier & Bastille) & at Amazon.

En vente dans les boutiques de l'Opéra de Paris (Garnier & Bastille) et sur Amazon.

When ? Available now.

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Nicolas Le Riche in "Petrouchka" © Anne Deniau, 2009

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Edges of illusion.

Indeed.

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Girl, interrupted.

Light.

Wonderful mistakes.

Elegance.

Face.

Signs.

Terrible, already (1997)

Be strong.

Red.

Thoughts.

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© Anne Deniau. Alexander McQueen 2011 by Sarah Burton.

The same old story. Starting by the beginning, and the end... and then you fill in the blanks.

In the middle of a deep dark week, receiving a season's card. Reading a few words. And smiling.

Life is so contrasty.

Somebody else said it perfectly :

"There is no past, there is only future. The past is important to us, but it's important to no one else."

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I always need a little time, 24 or 33 hours or so. Since first I feel tiny. I look at NY city from inside. Then I go outside, a few moments, and come back inside. I look through the window again. And go outside again. And again. Inside, outside. It's a process. Until the city grasps me. Embraces me. Catches me. And then I'm ready. I'm in. And I can stay outside, inside that City. NYC. 

This time it didn't work that way. I felt tiny for a little while. I needed a little more time. A few more days. 7, exactly. Until the city finally embraced me. It happens. I was staying for 13 days.

This time NY was NY : tender and brutal, enchanting and exhausting, illuminating and fading. I don't mind. I have a srong tendency to enthusiasm. In June and July, NY has been amazingly nice with me. This time it was a bit less... a bit more... it was different. It was tough. It was sweet. It was NY reminding me about its truth, reminding me about contrast. And I loved it that way too.

17, 24, 33, 7, 13. Random figures and facts.

No matter what. I don't care. Whatever it takes. 

In my eyes, NY keeps its raw beauty, and it will, endlessly. Beautiful city. Timeless beauty. Endless attraction. 

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Woman walking, 1

Room with a view, 1

Hello Stranger.

Keeping an eye on you.

- That's your room

- I'm not surprised

- Didn't know that snow-white had a sister.

- Fairy tales are different here.

Woman walking, 2 (I'll be on the roof, 1)

- Not a single cloud...

- It will be snowing the day after tomorrow...

- ?!?

Life is a puzzle, 1

- Don't know where I am

- Keep walking

The Yellow attraction.

Intimate. Anonymous. VS : Intimous. Anonymate.

Up.

Down

Woman thinking, 1

Halloween, 1

Always back to this garage. The Hopper's garage.

I know what this sign reminds me. Same number of letters, red neon. White on red.

- You're a new-yorker, and you've never seen "an affair to remember" ? 

Take me high, 1

Familiar silhouettes, 1

Familiar silhouettes, 2.

Pure joy. Not even trying to deny it.

Take me higher.

The original one. Genuine.

I'll be on the roof, 2

Every night. (Leave the blue door open)

Every morning.

"I am". Already a good beginning.

Some places.

Hopper is back, 'see...

Random melancholy.

- Your chauffeur ?

- And then you gonna ask me if I fly commercial ?... 

Blind date... ;-)

I'll be on the roof. (Ad libidum...)

I can see you. 

I'll be watching you.

Coincidences.

Just a McQueen dress.

Halloween, 2 (or a clockwork orange ? ...)

Just another doll.

Yes, white is snow.

The day after, 1

The day after, 2.

- They call it a "park" and it's just a garden ?

- It's a park. Anything is possible. This is NYC. 'See the heart ?

- Yes. And then ?

- It's a park.

Blind.

I love blinds.

I'll be outside.

Don't ask me why. Don't ask. Don't.

One of my favorite doors in NY. Light playing.

White flowers for a Lady.

Halloween, 3

- And nobody told me ?

- Everybody knows.

Inside.

Room with a view, 2

"Photography strictly forbidden". Sure. But I love challenges. Especially for Vermeer. 3 out of 33 here...

"Girl, interrupted at her music."

Quiet.

Less quiet.

I'm off.

The white sheets. As always. 

Some place.

- You can take the train also.

- the what ?

The door to nowhere.

Life is a puzzle, 2

Light through Hell.

Artist : Hong Gon Byun. @ Brooklyn.

Artist : Hong Gon Byun.

Woman walking, 3

Woman thinking, 2

NYC. Full stop.

Maybe that's why. Why I like myself better here. That unique reflection.

Familiar silhouettes, 3

Can't have enough of this.

Halloween, 4

Always easier to go west. There is always a last day. "Always" is underrated.

Halloween, 5. Packing. The tracks.

I'll stay inside for a while.

Bye, Andy. Like you.

Bye, Bunny. Love you.

Life is a puzzle, 3

Primary colors. Let's keep it simple.

Loading, running, unloading.

One of my favorite streets in NY. Like a slow motion movie. Any time.

Forbidden place. 

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I used to live there, and there, and there. Windows on 23rd. 222 W.

Take me high, 2.

Baaam.

No words.

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The "contact-sheet" building. From the Chelsea Hotel.

"Under construction", they said.

Under deconstruction.

Sad.

Some ghost, just around the corner.

Looking up.

Love this hour. Entre chien et loup. Time to go.

- Good things must pass.

- Disagree. Bad things must pass.   

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7.17 PM : Last image.

Flash-back.

10.10 AM : Ghost, I

1.01 PM : Some hotel. Light & blinds. A lamp.

5.55 PM : Chelsea Hotel, room 1019.

6.06 PM : Ghost, II.

The rooms of innocence. The virtues of disappearance. Clouds, remixed, etc.

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Yesteryear like this year, you caught me.

Dearest Sarah...

Following the yarn of your thoughts, in a world of ultimate beauty. Outstanding sensuality. Extreme feminity.

Stength & fragility. Here you are, here I am. 

I've been watching you.

Yesteryear like this year.

And a few years before.

The unique feeling of film, the magic of silver prints. Such Beauty deserve it : True photography.

Yesteryear like this year.

Each and every time.

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