Oh Pablo

November, 2014 marked the reopening of the Musée Picasso ,after an extended renovation. The Métros paid homage to him in many delightful ways. I like to think that my talented photographer friend Jean-luc Rollier's sense of humor that he often shares in his street photography, was my inspiration here.

I first met Jean-luc on Red Bubble where we both shared our images. That led to buying his street photography book on Blurb. When I was in Paris a few years ago, we arranged a meet up for coffee and he signed my copy. Since then, he's moved to the Brittany coast, so haven't met again, but I follow his work on Facebook, and we have continued our friendship there. Merci, mon ami.

Mon Amie Jean-Luc

Last fall I joined Red Bubble as a place to show and hopefully sell my work.  It's a community of artists and is very much like blogging.  I have enjoyed exploring the work of other photographers and of course was drawn to those that featured Paris.   Jean-Luc Rollier's photographs caught my eye and soon he and I were chatting via Bubble Mail.  When Mary and I went to Paris last January I asked if we could meet and he agreed!  Peter and I met him, along with photographer Carla Coulson ( you'll meet her here soon) for coffee one afternoon and what fun it was to meet them both in person.  I brought along my copy of Jean-Luc's book for him to sign.  Another friendship made possible by the internet!