I’m lying in bed at 1:30pm in the afternoon.  I’ve been taking it easy this week even though I feel like I should be outside if nothing else just walking through the city.  I met up with the chef yesterday to help him with his christmas shopping before I headed over to the Grand Palais to see the Edward Hopper exhibit.
I was invited to see the exhibit with the french fashion photographer that I met in Morocco.  He quite miraculously found me on facebook after we had forgottten to exchange names or anything at the airport.  Long story short we had a great time at the exhibit.  It was really well done and covered Hoppers progression as an artist and even had pieces from his teachers as well as other big artists who inspired him through the years.  They summarized the exhibit with another artist whom Hopper had inspired.  It was amazing to see the journey of an artist through his paintings. Technique, colors, light.
After the exhibit we walked through the christmas market on the champs elysee and decided that it was too cold to walk much further.  We hopped on his bike as the eiffel tour started to sparkle and headed to meet up with some of his friends for some wine.  I asked him how he got his start and how he likes what he does.  He is a lighting specialist for some of the top fashion photographers here in Paris.  He started off with an internship with a famous studio.  He said he would gladly help me get an internship there and he also said that my wedding photography was really good and that I had a good understanding of light.  We ended the night with some dinner at an italian place in Montemarte followed by an even colder bike ride back to the Goncourt metro.  So much fun and I really really had a great day.

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