bye Mark

Student of economics and Brazilian jujitsu amateur - my friend Mark left Paris today, after two years here.  

Before leaving, he agreed to be part of an ongoing portrait series I am working on of Americans in Paris.
 
My vision : him leaping through the air in his fighting gear, the gold dome of Invalides in the distance.  Then he told me there are no jumping moves in Brazilian jujitsu - its all about ground fighting and submission holds.  So...

....so we just enjoyed a sunny yet submission-free Sunday morning - he got out his "big guns" (muscles) and we crossed paths with a band of French girl scouts and a gendarme named Philipe who let me keep shooting even through I didn't have the authorization.  (I bribed him with a Polaroid.)

©2010 MA