The festival of Avignon Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Avignon Festival is France's oldest existing and most famous, founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar.

Jean Vilar was invited to present one of his productions - Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot, that had already won acclaim in Paris - at the same time as a modern painting exhibition in the Palais des Papes (the Popes' Palace), organised by art critic and collector, Christian Zervos, and by the poet, René Char.

Used to working on a small stage, Vilar initially refused the offer because he felt the Cour d'Honneur in the Popes' Palace was too vast, and "shapeless". Instead, he suggested putting on three other plays as new productions - Shakespeare's Richard II, one of the Bard's plays that was little known at the time in France; Paul Claudel's Tobie et Sara, and Maurice Clavel's second play, La Terrasse de Midi (The Midday Terrace). The very first Avignon Festival in September 1947 set the scene as a showcase for unknown work and modern scripts.

mugush, robiuk, Valentia, jhm, nwoehnl, carper has marked this note useful

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ste (866) 2005-09-20 16:26

j'aaaaaaadore! les couleurs, les détails, l'humeur, bravo

mugush (2088) 2005-09-20 16:29

Man really really amazing shot! what a mood in it! and i also like the editing work..you are a artist,I mean it...
thanks for sharing.. and yes i forget very impressive photographer's note,very much informative.It impressed me alot.
Keep it up
one more thing i want to ask, can you tell me the font name in which you wrote"Le festival...." on to your bottom of picture? please do let me know,I m waiting.
love
Mugush

papagolf21 (56733) 2005-09-20 16:35

Bonsoir Guy,
J'aime beaucoup votre réalisation, vous avez su donner un caractère très original en désaturant les couleurs. Le sujet prend tout de suite une autre dimension.
De plus, les personnages sont parfaitement placés dans la composition.
Bravo !
Amitiés.
Philippe

rosiegirl (2042) 2005-09-20 17:11

Great picture- I like that you chose orange as the color to stand out. The keyboardist in the 80's running shorts is just hilarious. I really like the posters and street signs behind the group- they add a casual cluttered feel. Nice capture!
Rosie

jbweasle (9294) 2005-09-20 17:33

Sometimes these "doctored" photos work, sometimes not. This is a charming scene and I love the orange colour, so this one works for me.

dolin (15647) 2005-09-20 17:56

Hello Guy.
SUPERBE ¨
Très drôle...plein d'humour.
Le cadrage est un bijou et cette touche de orange est super bien vu.....et c'est très bien fait.
De plus il y a plein de détails et la netteté est très bonne.
Le n/b est excellent aussi.
Superbe idée.
BRAVO
Fred

P-S-I-G (24482) 2005-09-21 2:02

Salut Guy,
Très belle inspiration, à la fois dans le sujet, la créativité avec ce foulard orange qui tranche sur ton noir et blanc. Excellente note. Du très bon. Bravo.
Amitié.
Fabrice

vincent24 (9038) 2005-09-23 16:43

Bonsoir Guy,
Excellent!cadrage,compo,expression des comediens mais egalement technique bien maitrisée,la desaturation est top,creativité avec la touche orange qui me plait beaucoup,c'est tout bon!
bon week end,
vincent

robiuk (10763) 2005-09-24 6:24

Very interesting and compositionally rich slice of daily cultural life in a heart of Avignon, Guy!
I like the whole series from there you've been showing to us.
The b/w conveys the history and timeless of the festival very well, and coloured scarf of the lady-singer brings the capture alive.
Lovely,
Robi

Valentia (1522) 2005-09-24 7:18

Funny pic. The selective colour makes this photo really stand out.
Great work Guy.
Danny

jhm (83298) 2005-09-24 11:44

Dag Guy,
Als grap zou men hier zeggen, "De Drie Musketiers alle vier" Ik vind dit een zeer goed genomen foto, met een kluchtige noot erbij, en dan het bijgekleurde is fantasties, U heeft een apart oog om deze omstandigeheden in beeld te brengen.
Mooi werk en bedankt Guy.
Goed weekend,
John.

nwoehnl (120) 2005-09-24 14:03

Salut Guy. A wonderful and vivid scene, almost as if taken from a movie. Quite an interesting group of performers you captured here in the charming Cote d'Azur town. The idea with the partial desaturation was a good one and is quite well carried out. Interesting notes, too.

tityop (6225) 2005-09-24 16:00

Bonjour Guy,
Vraiment Excellent !!!!
J'adore l'attitude des personnages.
Ton trairement est génial avec cette désaturation deselective.
Un joli coup de maître !!
Amicalement Thierry

lestef (969) 2005-09-25 6:31

Superbe photo d'ambiance et pleine d'humour.
La netteté est impeccable.
Très beau travail.
Stefan

vasilis (562) 2005-09-25 19:56

hello Guy
Very beautiful picture and good frame Remind picture from cinema
Great work
vasilis

carper (65622) 2005-10-04 12:54

Hij is prachtig Guy,
hele mooie foto van een buitengewoon gezelschap.De compositie is goed genomen en de keuze van het zwart wit en de oranje sjaal vind ik echt mooi. Goed werk.
gr. Jaap

zig (2450) 2005-10-08 9:25

This is very interesting experiment. I am not fond of this kind of colour treatment(I have tried it once though), but this is a nice shot with a good scenery and its composition. Orange was a good choice for the shot too. Oh no...everythings were already said in previous critiques so..just one word, NICE!

LEA (4821) 2005-10-10 14:39

Les conseils des copains de Trek ont porté leurs fruits.Et la maitrise de Photoshop est aussi au rendez-vous. A star is born...

vbourrut (30626) 2005-12-10 9:36

Très bonne idée cette petite touche de couleur. Joli cadrage et bon traitement noir et blanc

Amitiés,

Vincent

aimee (941) 2006-10-09 17:05

Très chouette cette compo. Le orange donne un superbe effet... tonifiant et vivant.
BRAVO !
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