III.5.3. FIRST STEPS IN ANOTHER LAND

MENU: 3.5.3. First steps in another land

A DELAPIDATED EXTERIOR, TRASH, KIDS TO AVOID... BEHIND THE DUSTY WINDOWS, SUMPTUOUS ROBES AND IDEAS THAT WE MIGHT PONDER

"It seemed very chill. Nobody paid us any attention, in a good way. It was also so different that I think I'll have to come back several times to get a handle on it." 

-- Young Parisian from an upscale neighborhood

 

Atelier Diom Lamine

 38 rue Cave

Walk slowly and observe.

• The neighborhood on a sunny afternoon

• Trucks

• An ebullient market 

• Vigor strides by

• Detour: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

• Street vendors flee when cops arrive 

• Shops where display does not matter

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The neighborhood on a sunny afternoon

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON

I PLAN TO COME FOR AN HOUR AND AT NIGHTFALL AM STILL THERE  

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Trucks

TRUCKS

NOON LINE UP ON "MAIN STREET"

(RUE DOUDEAUVILLE ) 

On the next street, at another time:

Rue des Poissonniers, June 2025

Motorcycles, same idea:

On the next street, there's a tailor in the background :

More later.

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An ebullient market

AN EBULLIANT MARKET

VITO STARTS HIS ALBUM AT THE CHÂTEAU ROUGE MÉTRO.

THIS WALK DOES THE SAME

A crowd, plus girls selling costume jewelry, boys peanuts... so long as cops are absent.

 

Go straight ahead. 

Notice the cartons.

At the corner, the rue Dejean market.

     

Take a seat at this café terrace:

Use of the cartons

Béatrice Genaudeau

You will feel as if you were in Africa.

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Vigor strides by

VIGOR STRIDES BY

SEEN FROM THAT TERRACE 

Having carried loads on one's head explains the bearing of queens:  

Joëlle Finkpon

At the Agbodrafo market in Lomé, Togo

At the Dejean market

Dressing to stand out:

The shawl shows identity as coats of arms did.

Styles proclaim confidence:

• Dying half one's coiffure launches a trend.

Richard Nahem

September 2019 and February 2020

• Dying long hair (and wearing bright colors like those in the background).

• Emphasizing curves and shoulders.

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Detour: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"