#LeicaTakeover with Mathieu Bitton (Mathieu Bitton
Grace Jones, @afropunk, NYC, August, 2015
_____________________________
What can I say? Is there anyone I've ever met who's more iconic than Grace Jones? There definitely isn't anyone who can do what she does; not when she was 25 and not now at 68. As an album cover designer, I was always inspires by her incredible album covers. Having just seen her perform ago last week, a year after shooting her at @afropunk NYC, I felt that her show had gotten even better! Her crowd (including myself) went completely nuts. They forgot how many hits she had. Her fashion sense is uncanny in the most marvelous way. Sometimes artists create theatrics in their live shows to distract from the lack of actual singing going on, hiding behind the drama if you will. For Grace, it's a lot of sugar on top of an already incredible performance. I've listened to her music non stop since I was a kid in Paris in the '80s. Her song "Libertango" is used so perfectly well in Roman Polanski's "Frantic" that it made it my favorite song of hers. I was so happy to hear how much Grace loved the photos I shot and had a great time with her after her show last week. You can find "that" photo in my feed. I just adore her.
//
Thank you, Mathieu Bitton for immersing us in your visual world and sharing your insightful and heartfelt stories with this epic takeover.
#LeicaCameraUSA #LeicaGalleryLA #MBdarkerthanblue #mathieubitton
Search