Sean Young as Rachel - Blade Runner 1982

Renée Perle, Half Portrait in Sleeveless Top, 1932 

by  Jacques Henri Lartigue

Atelier Manasse, 1930s

Shooting things a little differently this week. Less lingerie.

A Romanian Jewish, Renée Perle (1904-1977) moved to Paris and became a model for the couturier Doeuillet. In 1930, she met the French photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue while strolling in a Parisian street. Nicknaming her the ‘parasol’ as she was slightly hidden by her elegant accessory, he immediately fell in love with the striking dark beauty and both began a passionate relationship that would last two years. Ravishingly beautiful, tall, chic and photogenic, Renée Perle became the photographer’s favourite model and the muse of his most beautiful portraits that diffused the feel of a charming yet mysterious woman. She was also incredibly avant-garde in her fashion taste: the 'kittenish Parisian coquette’ according to John Galliano wore modern boyfriend t-shirts and tanks with loose crisp trousers along armfuls of bangles. Little is known about Renée Perle, following the couple’s separation in 1932 – only remain the depictions of their two-year eternal vacation between Cannes, Juan-les-Pins and Biarritz and the muse’s numerous self-portraits illustrating an almost manic obsession in painting her own face over and over, like an urge to retain her past glory.

Renée, Juan-Les-Pins, France, May, 1930 - Ph. Jacques Henri Lartigue

Young artist paints Sacre-Cœur , Montmartre, . Paris, France, 1946

by  Ed Clark

Mimsy Farmer in Lust 1969

Sean Young’s (Rachel Rosen) personal polaroids from the set of Blade Runner (1982. Dir. Ridley Scott). You can see Harrison Ford (Rick Deckard), Rutger Haue (Roy Batty) and the director Ridley Scott on the photos.

Ph. Man Ray, Lee Miller, 1935

Ph. Man Ray, Lee Miller

It happens to all of us: after making fantasies for ourselves for weeks and years believing that we are thinking logically,

one day we see something, a face, a dress, a happy man, and suddenly we understand that none of our dreams will come true.

© Orhan Pamuk, My name is red

Ph. Man Ray, Meret Oppenheim, 1933

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