Thursday, October 21, 2010

Androgyny at its best

This is one of my favourite people shots in Paris. I don't think this guy was aware that I took a photo of him. For me, what made him special was that he was just the perfect picture of stillness. He seemed oblivious to all around him, including the way I was looking at him through my lens, like I would examine an art painting I was drawn to.
I imagined that he was standing there in the Tuileries Garden, waiting for a friend, a guy or a girl it was immaterial. That I found him very beautiful...melancholy but youthful and heartbreakingly stylish; made me feel so pleased with myself that I managed to capture this image in the first place!  I can't help but think that one of my favourite street fashion bloggers - The Sartorialist - might also approve of this shot.  I am obviously very inspired by Scott Schuman's work:)   I also like the back light of this pic; the sunset was sinking behind this vision of androgyny you see.  It also underpins a question I have... are French men on the whole, quite feminine looking? And is that necessarily not as desired as some alpha males in the US and Australia as some of my friends have alluded to?

4 comments:

  1. I was just going to say it's so Sart - and then I read your notes. I don't know about effeminate there's some hot French dudes on the Sart blog - but I have to say that the Italians on it are hotter :)

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  2. Hahaha... totally agree with you the Italian men on the Sart's blog are way hotter. Had a debate about a subject similiar to this with a friend. Think in terms of women, the French women top list in style stake, but for men, it's the Italians! :)

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  3. love this shot! mylinh, not sure if you want to go through the hassle, but wordpress has much better photo blogging templates than blogspot. just a thought! - GLC

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  4. Thanks! Wordpress huh? Wish I thought of this before I started my blog.. Still early days so let me take a look and consider. Thanks for the thought. Btw, love your sunset pic... What colours if that was not b &w treatment? Golden hues?

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