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Rendezvous in Gordes

In my pursuit to avoid the omnipresent instagirls in Valensole‘s lavender fields i drove around 80 kilometers to the city of Gordes. I planned to photograph t...
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In my pursuit to avoid the omnipresent instagirls in Valensole‘s lavender fields i drove around 80 kilometers to the city of Gordes. I planned to photograph the Sénanque Abbey in the afternoon and go for a blue hour cityscape at dusk.
Since the abbey was quite disappointing from a photographical standpoint i had more than enough time to look for a remote place with a great view. I had to sneak through a broken wall and some bushes, but i finally found my 4 square meters and a nice composition, set up my camera and enjoyed the warm summer breeze along with some nice live music coming over from the city at my little hideout.
But you can’t run, you can’t hide!
Shortly before the sun settled two young ladies obviously did also the wall and bushes thing and asked me if i‘d be fine with them taking some snapshots for Instagram.
Imagine my excitement (and their confusion about me mimicking their behaviour, see: https:--www.facebook.com-bilderschmied.danz-photos-a.1781991642116611-2345036609145442-?type=3&theater ) when they needed 30 minutes for a post worthy ”looking-over the shoulder portrait“ with the city in the background. Poor young lady No. 1 had to twist her head to the camera over and over again since flying hair is a must for a successful image on Instagram. Don’t tell me you didn’t know that!
By the way: They didn’t know which city they were abusing for the background, so they asked me for its name and were finally able to post something like ”Spending a wonderful evening in Gordes …“
They left and i had the place for myself again, enjoyed the transition from day to night when suddenly someone shouted my name with a strong French accent: „Marcüüüs, Marcüüüs!“ It was Aurélien, a photographer I met in Valensole in the morning when I unsuccessfully tried to re-shoot the scene from my “Three trees“ image in better light. In contrast to the encounter with my beloved instagirls this reunion was a very nice one and a great coincidence. I mean how high is the probability to see someone a second time, 80 kilometers away from the place where we first met?
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