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While searching for French maids on Bastille Day in 2009, I found Joyce, an 11-year-old girl wearing a red beret, who was out for a stroll with her mother. After a brief introduction on a street corner near a Belgian restaurant, Anka allowed me to photograph her child. I took a few frames, said thank you and bid them farewell.
We’ve met every year since then, always on Bastille Day. The original close-up portrait, which was taken on medium format Kodak film (and still is every year), was displayed at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado. Currently, we’re preparing for the 10-year-anniversary of the project in 2019.