Thaïs, The Opera Sometimes a picture can be a long time in the making. Recently, I was listening to Massenet’s famous Méditation, an interlude, from Thaïs, when I wondered what the actual opera was about. Illustration, for Anatole France's novel Thais Based on a novel by Anatole France...
One day in mid September 2023, a pair of Israeli women came into my gallery. As they were intrigued by the figure in the landscape images, I asked them if they would like to participate in a new picture. “Yes, we’d love to but we are leaving for Florence today!” I urged them to stay another...
http://vimeo.com/82022214 Patrick Nicholas Fine Art Photographer speaks about Le Belle and his approach to his female protagonists in this 30 minutes video. Half hour documentary about photographer Patrick Nicholas shooting 5 pictures on location in Italy for his ‘Belle’ series of nude...
