WILLY RONIS 1910-2009 - Lot 86

WILLY RONIS 1910-2009 Lovers of the Bastille, Paris, February 2, 1957. Photograph. Silver print 2001, signed in ink under the image and stamped by the author, titled and dated in pencil on the back. Image: 20.4 x 31.3 cm; sheet: 30.3 x 40.7 cm Bibliography: Willy Ronis "Sur le Fil du Hasard", Éd. Contrejour, Paris, 1981, p.66; "Willy Ronis", C.N.P., coll. Photo Poche, Paris, 1991, ill.7; J.-C. Gautrand "Willy Ronis", Éd. Taschen, Köln, 2005, p.60. "Same place, same afternoon. Joined by a couple of lovers. Mutual discretion. Yet I can't resist including them in a charming attitude, standing out against the panorama of western Paris. They pretended not to notice; perhaps they were even happy to offer me this token of their joy of love. The light of Paris is always at its most beautiful when it's raining. A few clouds still lingered here and there, furnishing the sky nicely: another wink to the photographer. This afternoon, I took other photographs that I also like. You have to know how to choose. Framing slightly straightened to respect the parallelism of the horizon." Willy Ronis