About

[jean-claude lejeune, Photography]

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Formative Encounters


[Not necessarily in that order]

- WWII -
Born during most unauspicious times.

- WWI -
My father was born at the epicenter of one of the most tragic & bloodied battles of World War One.

- Jazz, Albert Camus & Richard Wright -
A whole new world opens up its doors.

- The Postage Stamp as a Lesson Plan -
Despite its minimalism , it becomes an irresistible invitation to voyage.

- Gothic Architecture -
Shaping the stones to rise towards the Sacred.

- Italian Neorealism -
Movies with a cause.

- A summer in Normandy -
Country Life.

- Channeling the Sun King -
Highschool summer job at the Château of Versailles.

- The Landscape as Aesthetics -
Childhood spent roaming the Impressionists' playground

- The Postcard -
When the postcard was a tweet before Twitter.

- Biographical Fragments -

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