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!
Never in my wildest dreams, when I fell in love with Paris and photography in 2007, did I ever imagine that one day I would have one of my images on a book cover, much less a book published by Penguin Random House, set in Paris! Last week Juliet Blackwell's newest novel, The Paris Key, arrived at my doorstep with this lovely note. I started reading it immediately and was struck by so many wonderful serendipitous events that I had to share with Juliet. The story, set in the Marais at Village St. Paul is just a few blocks from an apartment I rented in the 2010. While there, I photographed a lovely man who had KEY shop and had written a book about antique KEYS! I hope all of my friends who love Paris will order this book, and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I am.
