Carin in the Street

Carin in the Street
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Carin - with obvious contrasts to the last photo I posted from the album, of Margareta, not least in that Carin's looking away from the camera. She looks in a hurry to get somewhere.

Margareta on the Rocks

Margareta on the Rocks
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Contrasts: the differences between Margareta and her sister Carin couldn't be much clearer.

Most obviously, one is blonde and the other brunette. Less superficially, Margareta seems more interested in the attention of others and in the camera than Carin.

Collar

Collar
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Carin and Margareta are mesmerised by that stylish collar. He looks pretty pleased with himself, doesn't he?

Luis de Moureal

Luis de Moureal
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Originally, I'd described this according to how it was labelled in the album - that the woman here is Carin. But looking at it, I'm pretty sure it's not Carin. She looks like Margareta and she's wearing the same clothes as Margareta. So is it really Luis? I suspect the photos may have been switched in the album.

Margareta

Margareta
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

This is Margareta, Carin's sister.

When I picked up this album, this was the first photo that captured my attention - it had time and place encapsulated. And that smile leaped out.

But now, strangely, I'm more intrigued by Carin and the last photo I posted from the album. She's inscrutable.

Above this photo in the album, Marianne has written: "Yves Menard* - Ma".

*I can't be sure about the spelling of the surname.

Carin

Carin
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Carin is one of two daughters of the family featured in previous photos in this series - in 'Family I' she's sitting nearest the lamp.

I think this was probably taken in Paris - presumably the girls went with Marianne when she left Sweden.

Family II

Family II
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

It's not original - but for convenience, I'm going to refer to the young woman featured in the first photograph as Marianne.

Another group portrait of the Swedish family that Marianne went to stay with in 1947.

I think she must have set the camera on self timer as this appears to be the whole family. I can just imagine her dashing back behind the armchair.

Although the large mark at the top of the frame could be removed with a bit of work on Photoshop, I'd rather leave it in, for authenticity.

Family I

Family I
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

The reason for the inscription on the first page of the album, and the title of this blog, is that Mademoiselle X (who I will have to come up with a name for!) went to stay with a Swedish family in 1947 - a husband and wife with two daughters.

Introduction

Introduction
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

In Paris last month, I paid a trip to the Marché des Vances on the basis that it had quite a good reputation for interesting photographs.

After a lot of searching and many disappointments, I found a photo album that I took an instant liking to, and I've set up this blog to document it.

This is a photo of the young French woman whose album it was, and who took most of the photos.

What I love so much about the album will, I hope, become clear as I post more over the coming weeks.

Of course, if you have any information about the woman in the photo, or in the future about any of the photos from the album, I would really love to hear from you.