In 1954 Marlon Brando came to Bandol, a small town near Toulon, to visit his fiancée Josanne Mariani-Bérenger, daughter of a fisherman. "I waited around discreetly and had just got my Leica ready when suddenly a Vespa scooter came speeding around the corner in a cloud of dust. It was Brando with a girl clinging closely to him. They stopped and quickly went inside a house." Bandol 1954.
In 1954, Edward Quinn was in the small French town of Bandol awaiting the arrival of Marlon Brando, who was there to visit his fiancée, Josanne Mariani-Bérenger. From the perspective of his car, Quinn captured this quiet, sunlit moment on a narrow, sloping street. Signs for local businesses—a men’s hairdresser, a bakery, and a shop selling "APPATS DIVERS" (various baits)—populate the vintage streetscape, defined by its shuttered windows and the strong sunlight casting deep shadows across the classic European architecture.
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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