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PARIS REVISITED

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Henk van Cauwenbergh

PARIS REVISITED Henk van Cauwenbergh

PRÉFACE Pour moi personnellement, Paris est la personification d’un beau premier amour dont le souvenir est ineffaçable. Quand je faisais mes premiers pas rêveurs en tant que photographe débutant, j’ai en quelque sorte « forcé » une belle rencontre inoubliable avec Jeanloup Sieff au Café de Flore. Cette véritable icône de la photographie fut une de mes premières sources d’inspiration. La façon cinématographique dont il faisait vibrer sur photo la vie pas tellement quotidienne à travers des prises de vue et des personnages hors du commun, n’a cessé de m’intriguer. Dans le temps je vivais dans les rues de Gainsbourg et d’Aznavour. De Cathérine Deneuve et de Jeanne Moreau. Inspiré par le microcosme de Saint-Germain, le flegme des garçons au Deux Magots et au Café de Flore, l’ambiance frénétique de la Brasserie Lipp, je me suis formé l’idée de créer un jour ma propre interprétation de la vie parisienne marquée par cette inimitable nonchalance si propre aux cafés parisiens. Paris est une femme; Londres est un homme. Paris vous enchante impitoyablement, sournoisement, agilement… Londres vous laisse retourner chez vous avec vos bagages. Paris les a soigneusement enfermés dans son placard… Cet ouvrage est une ode à cette femme fougueuse. Je vous laisse découvrir cette dame charmante à travers un rythme bien réfléchi d’images spontanées. Oui, je vous invite à y aller, à vous y amuser, à déguster et à faire des découvertes. Tombez amoureux, mais attention, vous allez toujours y retourner! Henk van Cauwenbergh

PREFACE For me Paris is the personification of a beautiful and notoriously ineffaceable first love. In the late seventies, when I was still seeking my voice as a photographer, head in the clouds, I forced a vital meeting with Jeanloup Sieff at Café de Flore in Paris. It left a long-lasting impression. The cinematic way in which this iconic photographer managed to capture extraordinary life, his captivating perspectives and the colourful characters populating his scenes, fascinated me without end. At the time I lived in the streets of Serge Gainsbourg and Aznavour. I walked the same paths as the legendary Cathérine Deneuve and Jeanne Moreau. Inspired by the microcosm that is Saint-Germain, the casual, somewhat careless attitude of the bartenders in Les Deus Magots and Café de Flore, the boisterous ambiance in Brasserie Lipp... the idea came to mind to make my own record of the inimitable nonchalance of Parisian cafés. To capture the unique way of life in the Parisian métropole tout court. Paris is a woman, London is a man. Paris charms mercilessly, cunningly. She gets under your skin. London will let you return home with your luggage, while Paris will keep your clothes in her closet. This book is my ode to that passionate woman. Through a well-thought-out sequence of seemingly casual images, I present you with my vision of this enchanting temptress. Taste and discover. Fall in love! But beware that once she has you in her spell, she will never let you go.... Henk van Cauwenbergh

CAFE DE FLORE 172, boulevard Saint-Germain-des-Prés, F-75006 Paris Fondé en 1887 le «Café de Flore» doit son nom à une sculpture de la petite divinité qui se dressait de l’autre côté du si charmant Boulevard Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Le mouvement surréaliste y a vu le jour et toute une succession d’évènements historiques s’y sont déroulés. En 1913, Apollinaire et Salmon transforment le rez-de-chaussée en salle de rédaction pour la revue «Les soirées de Paris». Même en temps de guerre, le Flore conservera sa place de bureau artistique. Au printemps 1917, les jeunes poètes Philippe Soupault et André Breton y rencontrent Aragon. Apollinaire y crée les fondements du groupe dadaïste. La même année, il invente le mot surréalisme. Lorsque Tristan Tzara séjourne à Paris, il s’arrête au Flore sachant qu’Apollinaire avait lui-même vécu sur place et s’y est éteint en 1918. En 1922 le comité de rédaction de la revue «Le Divan» se rassemble au Flore et vers la même époque André Malraux y sirote son Pernod glacé. A la fin du XXème siècle, la relève artistique et litteraire continue de fréquenter ce lieu empli d’histoire: Claire Chazal, Catherine Deneuve, Sonia Rykiel, Jeanloup Sieff, Sharon Stone, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp... la liste des célébrités est tellement longue!

Founded in 1887, Café de Flore owes its name to the sculpture of Flora, the little goddess of flowers, that stood on the opposite side of the lovely Boulevard Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The surrealist movement was born here and a succession of other historical events also took place in the cafe. In 1913, Apollinaire and Salmon transformed the ground floor into a newsroom for the magazine Les soirées de Paris. Even in times of war, le Flore kept its function as an intellectual’s meeting place. The young poets, Philippe Soupault and André Breton met Aragon here in the spring of 1917. It was here that Apollinaire created the foundations of the Dadaist group and, in the same year, invented the word “surrealism”. When Tristan Tzara lived in Paris, he came to the Café de Flore knowing that Apollinaire himself had lived and, in 1918, died there. In 1922, the editorial board of the magazine Le Divan would meet at the Flore and in the same period André Malraux would sit here sipping his iced Pernod. At the end of the twentieth century, the more recent generation of artistic and literary society continued to frequent this historic venue: Claire Chazal, Catherine Deneuve, Sonia Rykiel, Jeanloup Sieff, Sharon Stone, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp... the list of celebrities goes on and on!

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THE ARTIST

THE PHOTOGRAPHER Henk van Cauwenbergh (°1958) studied communication sciences at the Brussels University and completed his studies in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His encounter with top photographer Peter Lindbergh in Arles (F) was directive for his further career. Two years later, van Cauwenbergh opened The Loft Fashion Factory, his day light studio in Antwerp (B). Ever since he is an internationally renowned fashion photographer. In 2006 he published a first and very successful book, Le Matin, in which he portrays 100 women of 19 different nationalities during their morning ritual. Four years later, in 2010, he released a second title, called Rencontre, a visual tribute to Jean-Baptiste Jalabert, a famous French matador and Francesca Dolci, a ballerina working in Monaco.

I chose Delphine to work on the book covers because she brings her Art ‘out of the box’ and that is exactly the way I like to make my images.

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In 2014 came the first volume in a very successful and stylish city impressions series: Les Brasseries de Paris. This book was at the same time a tribute to his friend Charles Aznavour. One year later Henk van Cauwenbergh celebrates the capital of the UK in Exquisite Venues of London, soon followed by The Natiebazen, a portrait of the most important entrepreneurs in the Antwerp harbour. In 2016 he releases a book on the Belgian seaside town Bredene and depicts the Amazing Flavours of Amsterdam, the third volume in the city series. In 2017 he turns his lense to his beloved Antwerp, one of Belgium’s most beautiful cities. Wonderful Antwerp is an impressive photographic anthology of a treasured city and at the same time a visual homage to his late father.

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Photography & concept Henk van Cauwenbergh Art Director Els De Vlieghere

Les Brasseries Celles dedePari s mon coeur

Texts Henk van Cauwenbergh

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Design Concept Jaak Van Damme Final editing Katrien Van Moerbeke Karel Puype Layout www.groupvandamme.eu Published by Stichting Kunstboek bvba Legeweg 165 B-8020 Oostkamp info@stichtingkunstboek.com www.stichtingkunstboek.com

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This book is a visual love letter to the city of London, in which photographer Henk van Cauwenbergh depicts the vibrant cafe society and the fast changing cityscape. The magic of London doesn’t strike at first, but the city is imbued with a secret charm, and one has to venture into a journey of discovery to see unfold its hidden treasures. City life is a collage of moments, be it places, people or emotions. This book captures these observations with atmospheric black and white images to reveal its effervescent energy. One discovers a sparkling city, dynamic and visionary in its progress, yet retaining its nostalgic attraction. Nathalie Hambro

Exquisite Venues of London

Special thanks to Charles Aznavour Delphine Boel Francis Debeuckelaere William De Witte Eric Debisschop Doris King Patrick en Katrien Logghe Herman Maes Johan Van Vaerenbergh François In Albon François Lassourd Junot en Gilles Detry Luc Dheedene Philip Hoet Jan Legein & Peter Snoeck Xavier Vanhonsebrouck Piet & Pascale Verbeeck Jan Boone Steven Deduytsche

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AMAZING FLAVOURS OF

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Many thanks to www.perquy.be for realising our special plexi dome Starring Lize Feryn,Delpine Boel, Zoë Brunet, Angeline Flor Pua, Cato Vermeulen, Céline Gollière, Yannick Rummens, Jothi Impanis, Deborah Verhasselt, Eva Van Cauwenbergh, Benoit Dargère, Joannic Tavernier, Inge Devroey, Inaki Aizpitartre, Irène Silvagni

AMSTERDAM A STORY OF FINE DINING, SPIRIT AND STYLE

In a city as liberal and eclectic as Amsterdam, there is an almost endless stream of new and daring places to eat, dine and party. From cosy and cosmopolitan after-work drinking places and casual gathering spots to delectable Michelin star-rated cuisine and all night party places. After capturing the culinary delights of Paris and London, photographer Henk van Cauwenbergh makes his tour around Amsterdam to take in the flavours of a city where there’s something fantastic for everyone. Henk van Cauwenbergh approaches the sensuality and mystery of it all and manages to catch it in images that reveal so much more than words can do. Do allow yourself to be enticed by this gorgeous book and savour the amazing flavours of this zesty city.

AMAZING FLAVOURS OF AMSTERDAM

Contemporary designs with great respect for tradition & craftsmanship, that’s Atelier Noterman. The Atelier Noterman collection is offering a range of trousers that all have one thing in common: they are perfectly tailored and stylish. We go the extra mile, for the perfect fabrics, a perfect fitting & dito finish. Because luxury is in the details.

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Na het vastleggen van de culinaire hotspots en excentrieke places to be van Parijs, Londen en Amsterdam brengt Henk van Cauwenbergh Wonderful Antwerp voor de lens. Antwerpen is een stad die geen trends volgt, maar ze zet - aldus de fotograaf over ‘zijn’ Antwerpen. Naast de usual suspects zijn er talloze nieuwe locaties en verborgen schatten te ontdekken. Afgewisseld met beelden van de vele historische parels en andere trekpleisters die Antwerpen rijk is, zoals onder meer het MAS, de zoo, het station, de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal en de haven, wordt dit boek een fotografische bloemlezing van een stad die niemand onbewogen laat. Deze wonderlijke impressie is meteen ook een hommage aan George van Cauwenbergh, vader van de fotograaf, stadsgids en beroepsantwerpenaar die zijn stadsgenoten via een reeks succesvolle boeken opnieuw liefdevol naar hun stad leerde te kijken.

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After capturing the culinary hotspots and fashionable places to be and to be seen

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in Paris, London and Amsterdam, photographer Henk van Cauwenbergh turns his lens to one of Belgium’s most beautiful cities. Antwerp is a city that does not follow trends, but sets them - according to the photographer. In addition to the illustrious places to wine and dine, there are undoubtedly new and hidden places to discover. Combined with images of the rich historical heritage and other popular attractions such as the MAS, the Zoo, the Central Station, the Cathedral and Port of Antwerp, this book becomes an impressive photographic anthology of a treasured city. Wonderful Antwerp is also a visual homage to George van Cauwenbergh, the photographer’s late father, esteemed city guide and professional Antwerpian who taught so many to look fondly at the city and to love her with all their heart.

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WONDERFUL

A Story of fine Dining, Spirit and Style

Henk van Cauwenbergh

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