the director
in a café in paris. i asked if i could take her photo. she handed me her phone. told me where to stand. how to frame her. i said i was a photographer. that i would use my own camera. and that her composition wasn’t ideal. she didn’t listen. insisted. so i took the iphone shots. she wasn’t satisfied. "farther away," she kept saying. after this strange shoot, i took two photos with my camera. ignored her directions. she looked doubtful. went inside. came out with another man. he photographed her too. she didn’t look at me again. i sent her my photos on instagram. later, as she walked past, she smiled. said, “très bien.”
the director
in a café in paris. i asked if i could take her photo. she handed me her phone. told me where to stand. how to frame her. i said i was a photographer. that i would use my own camera. and that her composition wasn’t ideal. she didn’t listen. insisted. so i took the iphone shots. she wasn’t satisfied. "farther away," she kept saying. after this strange shoot, i took two photos with my camera. ignored her directions. she looked doubtful. went inside. came out with another man. he photographed her too. she didn’t look at me again. i sent her my photos on instagram. later, as she walked past, she smiled. said, “très bien.”