I Prefer Paris

Video Giveaway: Eugène and Berenice - Pioneers of Urban Photography

My friend Michael House is a terrific filmmaker and musician. He made an excellent video of my Eye Prefer Paris Tour in 2013 and I still use it today to promote my tours. Michael even created a fun soundtrack for the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdlYXR98aCo&t=32

Michael has also made a series of documentaries on subjects such as the French filmmaker Jacques Tati, the British author Somerset Maugham, and Shakespeare with actor Simon Callow. 

One of his best films is Eugène and Berenice - Pioneers of Urban Photography, an absorbing and fascinating account of the deep friendship between the Eugène Atget, the iconic early French photographer and Berenice Abbott, the pioneering female photographer. Atget photographed his beloved Paris and Abbott, richly captured New York City between the late 1800s and early 1900s. Abbott was responsible for continuing Atget’s legacy and without her, we wouldn’t have the rich catalog of Atget’s work today. 

Michael has offered a giveaway rental of Eugène and Berenice - Pioneers of Urban Photography on Amazon. Be the third person to make a comment, and Michael will gift you the video rental.  Email subscribers, if you go to the bottom of this email, in small print it says “You are subscribed to email updates from I Prefer Paris”. Click on I Prefer Paris, and on the bottom of the post you will see COMMENT in small letters. Click on that to make a comment.

CLICK HERE to rent or buy Eugène and Berenice - Pioneers of Urban Photography

https://www.michaelhouse.me

Here’s an invitation to watch a very special tour. I am doing my first live tour for France.fr outside of Paris and traveling to Etretat, Normandy to film part two The Footsteps of Lupin. 

The date is Wednesday, June 9 @10am EST (east coast time), 9am Midwest time, 7am, West coast time, and 4pm Paris time. 

CLICK HERE  to reserve your place. 

Eye Need to Do’s- June, 2021: Gabrielle Chanel, Paul Signac, Chagall, Modigliani & Soutine, and Gaudi

After an absence of over 15 months because of the lockdown and Covid, I am happy and relieved to publish the Eye Need to Do’s, which features the latest cultural events in Paris every month. 

Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto

This exhibition traces the prodigious career of Coco Chanel, from her first boutique in Deauville to her astounding effect on fashion over the next 60 years. I saw this exhibition last summer and I highly recommend it. CLICK HERE to read my blog post.

Until July 18, 2021 

10 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie 75116 

https://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/exhibitions/gabrielle-chanel-fashion-manifesto

Paul Signac 

Paul Signac was one of the group of Impressionist painters from the mid to late 1800s and 60 paintings of his and his peers are on display at a special show at the Musée Jacquemart-André. 

Until July 21 

Musée Jacquemart-André

158 boulevard Haussmann, 75008

https://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/home

Chagall, Modigliani, Soutine... Paris pour École, 1905-1940

The Paris School of artists from the early 1900s represented many Eastern European Jews who fled to Paris for freedom and to paint. Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Amedeo Modigliani, Jules Pascin, Jacques Lipchitz, Chana Orloff, Moïse Kisling, Louis Marcoussis and Ossip Zadkine are some of the artists whose works are being shown at the Jewish Museum to celebrate the Paris School of artists. 

June 17 to October 31 

The Jewish Museum

71, rue du Temple, 75003

https://www.mahj.org/en/programme/chagall-modigliani-soutine-paris-as-a-school-1905-1940-75361

Gaudí, the Architect of the Imaginary

The newest presentation at the Ateliers des Lumieres is Gaudí, the Architect of the Imaginary, which celebrates the influence the Spanish architect had on 20^th century architecture and design. The laser light show will highlight the fabulous flourishes and buildings of Gaudi, set to music. 

Till January 2, 2022

Ateliers des Lumieres

38 rue Saint Maur 75011

https://www.atelier-lumieres.com/en/gaudi-architect-imaginary

Here’s an invitation to watch a very special tour. I am doing my first live tour for France.fr outside of Paris and traveling to Etretat, Normandy to film part two The Footsteps of Lupin. 

The date is Wednesday, June 9 @10am EST (east coast time), 9am Midwest time, 7am, West coast time, and 4pm Paris time. 

CLICK HERE  to reserve your place. 

 

Lost in Frenchlation is a terrific organization that screens current French and foreign films with English subtitles. CLICK HERE  to view films being screened in June.