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Juan-les-Pins, 2007

I have a particular fondness for this "city"... A term that hardly does justice to what is merely a cheap set, used for less than three months of the year. The rest of the time, it looks like an abandoned village in a Sergio Leone western; all that's missing are the tumbleweeds blowing in the wind...
A set 300 meters long by 100 meters wide. Where the entire history of humankind is played out: seduction, jealousy, sex, money, shouting, alcohol, tears, laughter... an open-air play. And the play is performed again every year...

Juan les Pins, 1960's

Everything has changed, and at the same time, everything's the same.
In the end, only the girls have really changed, leaving the class and sexy fashion from the sixties for the disgusting flesh and silicon market of the 3rd millenium... Times a-changin'!
Make sure you listen to Dany Logan, "Mon cœur à Juan les Pins" while looking at this picture...
The card was posted on August 20th 1967. Dauphine and DS populated the streets, a big "Fly TWA" sign was above the Crystal... The GrandMarnier on the left still exists, as well as the LunaPark on its right side, which has became a place full of noisy, blinking arcade games... I imagine that by that time, it was full of Flippers!

Published on 18/04/2007 / 2 commentaires