Orange-flowers, swallows, and regret.

"September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret."

— Alex Theroux

My September mood board. These photographs reflect how I'm feeling these days. With the arrival of Autumn a melancholic air surrounds everything. September has had the most beautiful sunsets and some rainy days. As the Irish proverb goes: "Autumn days come quickly, like the running of a hound on the moor." 

When I'm on that mood I dream about being on a Château in Normandy, taking afternoon tea on the terrace, and I constantly listen to some good old jazz songs (specially to Coltrane and Davis), Nick Drake, Charlotte Gainsbourg's IRM, and a lot of instrumental music (from Bach and Mozart to Dustin O'Halloran). Also, I've been watching films from Tarkovsky, Rohmer and Bergman. These three directors have an ability to create gloomy atmospheres and somber characters with reminiscences from Romanticism that are perfect for this time of the year.

Ph.: Trevor Triano, the dreamers (2003), Andre Kertesz, love in the afternoon (1972), Joannablu, Monet's garden, Christopher Baker, Charlotte Gainsbourg for Self Service, twobirdsonabranch, Anna Karina, 'Boreas' by John William Waterhouse, solaris (1972), cuerposiameses

Mai 68

Cours vite, camarade! Le vieux monde est derrière toi! 

Actor Jean-Pierre Léaud with director François Truffaut and other people from the cinema industry and cinephiles, protesting at the gates of the Cinémathèque Française, after its director Langlois got fired (below). The "Langlois Affair" and those protests were recreated by Bertolucci on The Dreamers (2003), as explained in the video (above).

 Director Jean-Luc Godard filming the demonstration on the streets of Paris.

Bruno Barbey, with his camera around his neck. One of the most famous photographers of the riots.

Daniel Cohn-Bendit, known as "Dany le Rouge", leader of the riots,

 with other student activists.

Truffaut, Léaud and others at the gates of the Cinémathèque Française, 

closed by the government after the firing of Langlois.

Directors Lelouch, Godard, Truffaut, Malle and Polanski at the Cannes Festival 

during May 68. They demanded to boycott the festival to support the protests.

The occupied Sorbonne during philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's lecture.

The barricades.

 Student at Victor Hugo's statue in the Sorbonne in May 68.

The Sorbonne used as a dormitory.

Reopening of the Nanterre university.

Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible! 

Ph.: Bruno Barbey, and stills from The Dreamers (2003)