About
[jean-claude lejeune, Photography]
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.