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.
Marlon Brando arrives in Bandol in 1954 to visit his fiancée, Josanne Mariani-Bérenger. Captured from inside a car, the photograph looks through the windshield onto a narrow, sun-drenched street. A Vespa lies on its side amidst a cloud of dust, the aftermath of a speedy arrival. The strong backlight cuts through the haze, illuminating the scene as a figure walks away and locals—a barber in his doorway, patrons outside a bar—look on. On the left, a sign for a sewing machine shop is visible, with laundry hanging from a window above.
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