Caro et Mathilde – French Connection
This is the second set of portraits I took on a recent surftrip to France. On the campsite I was staying at were two girls, 16 and 17 years old. They were riding around on a bmx and I thought to myself that this might look pretty nice on proper photographs, so I ask them if I could do a couple of shots with them. For me they representet two things: close teenage friends and adorable French girls! Approaching them turned out to be a wise decision since the photos came out really well. But even if the photographs would have been bad it wouldn’t have been a waste of time The fun we had during the shooting made the effort all worthwhile. Although my french is, let’s put it frankly, not the best, we understood each other pretty well and everybody was having a good time.
The girls are probably as close as teenage friends can get, which for me was very interesting to experience since I’m a little older than they are and although the age gap is only a couple of years there’s a huge difference between the time they’re growing up and the time I was. I wouldn’t call it a generational gap though, but there’s definitely a noticeable difference.
Being back home looking at the photographs brings up the song “Kim and Jessie” from French artist M83 in my head. Give the song a listen and maybe you’ll see what I mean.
What more can I say… Caro, Mathilde: you rock!
