tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210935752673952814.post442641923624970173..comments2023-11-29T13:50:03.704+01:00Comments on Cycle Chic®: Le Flâneur et alColville-Andersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16749740728099129703noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210935752673952814.post-38486028798771735582008-08-15T08:09:00.000+02:002008-08-15T08:09:00.000+02:00mex... let's line it up and do a feature!lagatta: ...mex... let's line it up and do a feature!<BR/><BR/>lagatta: indeed. M. Benjamin.<BR/><BR/>anon: glad you caught the irony. me reading swedish car magazines from the early 1990's. oh, and it's my table so I'll do as I please... :-)Colville-Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749740728099129703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210935752673952814.post-60451017635188745462008-08-15T02:33:00.000+02:002008-08-15T02:33:00.000+02:00In the photo we see Zak, our modern-day Flâneur, p...In the photo we see Zak, our modern-day Flâneur, perusing a Swedish magazine - but not the sort that Iggy Pop referred to.<BR/> <BR/>Our bikey-boy is reading 'Vi bilägare" - We Car-owners. <BR/><BR/>So is he a closet petrol-head?<BR/><BR/>My guess is he's just reminding himself of all the hassles he doesn't have to deal with, not owning one of those big hunks of metal.<BR/><BR/><BR/>PS cool table but take your feet off it, puh-leeeze!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210935752673952814.post-18000827154696549452008-08-15T01:24:00.000+02:002008-08-15T01:24:00.000+02:00And of course, Walter Benjamin, though he was not ...And of course, Walter Benjamin, though he was not a photographer (as far as I know).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210935752673952814.post-17989891245111123342008-08-15T01:17:00.000+02:002008-08-15T01:17:00.000+02:00if you dont take my photo while im in copenhagen i...if you dont take my photo while im in copenhagen i will absolutely spew. im practicing my chic just in case.Mexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376938597779802186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210935752673952814.post-32678325021825031112008-08-14T17:59:00.000+02:002008-08-14T17:59:00.000+02:00holy shit! :-)holy shit! :-)Colville-Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749740728099129703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210935752673952814.post-3317365972260740422008-08-14T16:46:00.000+02:002008-08-14T16:46:00.000+02:00Your're in exalted company...:-))Flâneur was often...Your're in exalted company...:-))<BR/><BR/>Flâneur was often used to describe Parisian photographers like Brassai, Robert Doisneau, Boubat, Willy Ronis(still around at 90+) and the much earlier Eugene Atget, well before Susan Sontag popularised the term.<BR/><BR/>Robert Doisneau occasionally photographed local bike races in his formative photographic years and bikes featured in some later pics, so there is a connection:-)Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096381990640837108noreply@blogger.com