'i've always felt that i'll come back to life'

'la fille avec des fleurs pour la dame aux camelias' memories and pictures of my historic heroines and heros, thoughts and photos taken on journeys to grasp their souls and mine. photos and memories from my journeys, mostly from my second home: Paris

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9 Avril 1821 - Anniversaire de Charles Baudelaire Cimitière Montparnasse, September 2014

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3 February 1847, Alphonsine Plessis dies in her appartment, Boulevard de Madeleine, Paris.

These flowers are from my most recent visit in September 2014. Someone had left a copy of The Lady of the Camellias. I wish I could have met that person, whenever I visit Alphonsine, no one else is there.

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Cimetière Père Lachaise, Paris, August 2010 ‘Dear Oscar’

Photo taken by me

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Oscar Wilde’s grave, Cimetière Père Lachaise, August 2010 Photo by me

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One of my sanctuaries in Paris - Jeanne d’Arc in L’Eglise de la Madeleine, August 2015

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Vincent Van Gogh died on 29 July 1890 in his room in the Auberge Ravoux.

This photo was taken in August 2015, shortly after the anniversary of his death.

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Sunset over Concorde, August 2015

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Morning view from the apartment I was lucky enough to spend some nights at throughout 2011.

Waking up to the bell of Notre Dame and this view was extreme bliss.

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Notre Dame de Paris, February 2011

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L'eglise d'Auvers, 9 August 2015

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I've finally made it to you. 9 August 2015

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Le Petit Trianon in May

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Petit Trianon, Versailles, 24 May 2015

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Petit Trianon de Marie Antoinette, 24 May 2015

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22 May - left my usual flowers at Alphonsine's grave. There weren't any other people - also as usual - or flowers. A very beeautiful and calm afternoon.

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V&A Museum, London

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Notre Dame de Paris, 2010