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 visited his fiancée, Josanne Mariani-Bérenger, in the French Riviera town of Bandol. This photograph, taken from a low perspective inside a car, captures a sun-drenched, narrow street lined with shuttered buildings and shops, including a "Coiffeur" and "Boulangerie." Photographer Edward Quinn noted that moments before, Brando had sped around the corner on a Vespa and disappeared into a house. The high-contrast light and deep shadows lend a timeless, candid atmosphere to the quiet scene.
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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