Sitting Around

Sitting Around
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Diving Board

Diving Board
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Rock Smile

Rock Smile
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

At the Beach

At the Beach
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

This page in the album is entitled '...Plage!!!'

Skin and Rocks

Skin and Rocks
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

I finally managed to get my ancient, non XP scanner working on my machine again, so here are some more photos from that beautiful album - long overdue.

Marianne and the Water

Marianne and the Water
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Marianne is back. The haitus (I haven't posted a photo from the album since November) coincided, appropriately enough, with a couple of pages of missing photos in the album, sadly. From what precedes and follows this photo, I think this was taken in Sweden.

Lyckorna

Lyckorna
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

'Marianne' (see previous posts) didn't take this - it's a postcard - but I'm certain she bought it in Sweden.

There is, unfortunately, nothing written on the back.

Famille Lundgren

Famille Lundgren
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

One of my personal favourites from the marchedesvances album - the quirky angle, the chiaroscuro, the light leaks and the slightly awkward poses of the subjects caught my attention immediately.

The photo is simply labelled 'Famille Lundgren'.

11, Rue Jullien

11, Rue Jullien
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

The Sjostrand family, looking happy.

On the back of this photo is written: "Julen 1946". Underneath, "Sjostrand. 11 Rue Jullien. Vanves, Seine."

That's what it looks like, at least, and it would make some sense as the Marche des Vances is near the Porte de Vanves metro stop.

This has what looks like Christmas decorations and daffodils, while the previous photo has what appears to be a nativity scene. I'm reliably informed that "Julen" is, contrary to my original belief, not the Swedish for July but actually means Christmas. Which makes a lot more sense.

Family Sjostrand

Family Sjostrand
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

This is, presumably, one of the families that Marianne met or stayed with while in Sweden. This photo is marked on the back with the name of the family - Sjostrand, it looks like.

I was out having a coffee yesterday afternoon and a girl came in who was - at least for a brief second - Marianne's doppelganger. But from a different angle the resemblance vanished.

edit: as with the entry from Oct 25th, this photo is dated Christmas 1946 and not June or July as previously stated. The nativity scene should have been a clue, I know! I also doubt that the family lived in Sweden, owing to the more decipherable address on the second photo.

Attention

Attention
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

No prizes for guessing the focus of attention here, and it isn't the beautiful panoramic view over Paris.

What about that body language though? His is easy enough to read, but she has her right arm across him like a barrier.

Thanks to fliegender for indentifying the location in the previous entry as the pont neuf: as much as I love Paris, I'm very far from being sufficiently knowledgeable to identify where many of these shots were taken, so I certainly appreciate the help.

Gloves

Gloves
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

Margareta in what appears to be the same place as this shot.

In taking some of the photos out to scan them, I made a discovery - some of them have descriptions and dates on the back.

I'll include these annotations with the photos where possible.

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.