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Unrequited Love
©Céline Chhuon
I wish you couldn’t figure me out
But you always wanna know what I was about
I wish you’d hold my hand when I was upset
I wish you’d never forget the look on my face when we first met
I wish you had a favourite beauty spot that you loved secretly
Cause it was on a hidden bit that nobody else could see
Basically, I wish that you loved me
I wish that you needed me
I wish that you knew when I said two sugars, actually meant three
I wish that without me your heart would break
Yeah I wish that without me you’d be
Spending the rest of your nights awake
I wish that without me you couldn’t eat
Yeah, I wish I was the last thing on your mind before you went to…sleep
Look, All I know is that you’re the nicest thing I’ve ever seen
And I wish we could see if we could be something
Yeah And I wish we could see if we could be something
*Kate Nash -- Nicest Thing*
The Beauty of a City
©Céline Chhuon -- View of Paris, Montmartre Hill
« All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris.
Beauty paints and when it painted most, I shot.”
- Ernst Haas -
A Garden in Paris
Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris -- Nikon D60 ISO 200
« Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes.«
Clare Ansberry -- The Women of Troy Hill
Le Temps des cerises
©Céline Chhuon -- Lac de Noisy le Grand -- HOLGA 135 BC color Film ISO 200
« Then I wouldn’t doubt. Out of reluctant matter
What can be gathered? Nothing, beauty at best.
And so, cherry blossoms must suffice for us
And chrysanthemums and the full moon. »
Czeslaw Milosz - No More
Send me some news…
©Céline Chhuon -- Oxford -- Olympus OM10 -- Color Film ISO 200
« Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell. »
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 -- 1950), Letters
On the pavements
©Céline Chhuon -- Paris -- Nikon D60 -- ISO 400
Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere,
Or would it be a waste?
Even If i knew my place should i leave it there?
Adele -- Chasing Pavements, 19
Juste au dessus, flotte un air…
©Céline Chhuon -- Panthéon, Paris -- Nikon D60 -- ISO 800
« C’est pour ces morts, dont l’ombre est ici bien venue, Que le haut panthéon élève dans la nue, Au-dessus de Paris… »
Victor Hugo -- Chants du crépuscule, 3
Il est 5h, Paris …
©Céline Chhuon -- Paris Montmartre -- Olympus OM10 -- Film Color ISO 200
Je suis l’dauphin d’la place Dauphine
Et la place Blanche a mauvaise mine
Les camions sont pleins de lait
Les balayeurs sont pleins d’balais
Il est cinq heures
Paris s’éveille
Paris s’éveille
Les travestis vont se raser
Les stripteaseuses sont rhabillées
Les traversins sont écrasés
Les amoureux sont fatigués
(…)
Il est cinq heures
Paris se lève
Il est cinq heures
Je n’ai pas sommeil
Jaques Dutronc -- Paroles : Jacques Dutronc & Anne Ségalen