One of Paris' famous landmarks, the Notre Dame cathedral. We always go in to see the hunchback.
Fun fact: 1450: The Wolves of Paris are trapped and killed on the parvis of the Cathedral.

Seeing the Diane Arbus retrospective (that we already saw in LA) was on our list of "to-do's." It was at the Jeu de Paume museum (which the Nazi's used as a warehouse for their looted artworks) at the corner of the Garden Tuilieres, across from Musee Orangerie, and The Louvre, and on the square called Place Concorde, where the giant Luxor Obelisk stolen from Egypt stands and where many people, including Marie Antoinette was executed by the guillotine. It's also at the end of the famous Champs-Élysées where the Tour de France ends. (click all links and win a prize!)

Sucks there was a line to get in.

What do we have here with an official seal of the USA?

Mr. and Ms. Ed Templeton.

Charles H. Rivkin Ambassador of the United States of America and Madame Susan M. Tolson (his wife) Pray (?) Make them (?) the pleasure of attending the exhibition "Open See" by Jim Goldberg, Magnum photographer, during the occasion of Paris Photo. Exposition followed by a cocktail. At the residence of the Ambassador, 41 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, Paris. (!!!!)

We were told we needed our passports to get in. Heavy. We took the metro to the area and started walking towards the Ambassador's house. An armed guard came out to shoo us off the sidewalk when in a Wayne's World style we held up our invitations. The security guy said, "I thought you were tourists." And I said, "We are." I think most attendees were dressed much more fancy than us, and probably were arriving by car. We were ushered in and our passports were checked and our names checked off the list. We then had to go through a metal detector to get into the courtyard to the massive palace that is the Ambassador's residence. This street, Rue Saint-Honore is like the Rodeo Drive of Paris, real fancy. We were entering high society.

After we checked our coats at the Ambassoador's private coat check we walked into the opulent old and very fancy rooms. (Click here for a history of this house.) But those rooms had been transformed into a Jim Goldberg show. (Jim is a friend of mine, and one of my favorite photographers, and he's the one who got us on the list.)

Check out the ornate wooden detail work. The artwork had to be hung on wires, to protect the lush fabric wall-coverings. It's like walking around inside a wedding cake.
Video of this exhibition!

This is Todd Hido and Bruce Davidson's assistant whose name I heard, but would certainly spell it wrong.

Todd and me...

Me and Todd with the Guest of Honor, Jim Goldberg.

Legendary photographer Josef Koudelka took a liking to Deanna. He kissed her on the forehead, and kept proclaiming, "I'm Sebastio Salgado!"

Koudelka! I'm not sure you guys can comprehend how epic this dude is.

And Speaking of epic. Bruce Davisdon.

No Current Exhibitions...
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