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, Marlon Brando came to the French town of Bandol to visit his fiancée, Josanne Mariani-Bérenger, a fisherman's daughter. From his car, Edward Quinn captured this view of the narrow, sunlit street while awaiting the actor. The quiet scene is lined with shops like "Coiffeur ARMAND" and "BAR Henri," with a motor scooter parked at the curb. Quinn recalled how Brando suddenly appeared on a Vespa, "speeding around the corner in a cloud of dust," before quickly disappearing into a house with a girl clinging to him.
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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