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“ I could never live anywhere else. Being Parisian is an education, an eye that sees without you realizing, the pleasure of dressing for yourself”~ Bettina Graziani“It took me 30 years and a lot of pain to discover the truth of what Henri Cartier-Bresson always said. One should only use one camera with one lens that coincides with your angle of vision with the same film at its normal speed. The rest is just gimmicks and hardware”~ Jean-Philippe Charbonnier This photo might be the most perfect image for the true Francophile. It has everything in it. One of the great French master 1950’s photographers, Jean-Philippe. One of the most beautiful and stylish of the great 1950’s fashion models Bettina, muse to many of the great designers of that era.One of Paris’ most famous and elegant neo-classical squares, Place Vendôme.One of the most celebrated Parisian jewellers, Van Cleef Arpels which has been at 22 PlaceVendôme since 1906.Voilà, perfection. Merveilleux. Let’s all escape.