Karin start­ed her project months ago cause she did­n’t have enough of a cre­ative out­let in her pro­fes­sion­al life. It’s great to work with some­one who’s giv­en up so much already in the ear­ly stages to see it come to fruition. I tend to invest so much of myself in work like this, so it’s always appre­ci­at­ed to have a client who’s so pas­sion­ate about their ideas too.

Karin gives me lit­tle hints about what to film and how to edit, but trusts me enough as an artist to give me final cut, and also under­stands that as a cam­era­man and cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er, I need to be well rest­ed to work at my best, so she nev­er sched­ules any shoot­ing before 10:00am. It’s a dream to work with peo­ple like her.

I Love You: The Wall, an artists piece in a park, with the phrase writ­ten in over 250 lan­guages on tiles that span over 40 square metres.

She’d sway along gen­tly with her accor­dion.

I’d like one of every­thing please.

Almond crois­sant. Loaded with but­ter, I was full for a few hours on this alone.

Karin cooks us some sim­ple ham and emmen­tal cheese galettes in her cozy apart­ment.

Alley in Ménilmontant. I love the German script on the right.

Lots of hills and val­leys means the land­scape is nev­er bor­ing. The famous wind­mill Moulin de la Galette fea­tured in Renoir’s Bal du moulin de la Galette peers out from behind the trees at the top.

Sometimes I’m in pro­fes­sion­al mode so I don’t swear or talk about any­thing per­son­al. I for­get Karin’s already read so much of my per­son­al his­to­ry on my blog, through my dark peri­ods, my insta­bil­i­ty, and still decid­ed to fly me out here. She under­stands that every­one’s human after all.