Edgar Degas: The LSD Years
I kid Degas about drugs, of course, but his photograph of Henry Lerolle with his daughters reminds me of a couple of bizarre shots I came up for one of my old newspapers while under the influence. Degas’ picture is the one below — I’ve shopped it up in the version above to goose the effect along a bit.
The Musée d’Orsay has been crowing about a series of Degas photos it recently acquired. I guess there is some glory in having the originals, even if you can buy reproductions elsewhere online for 20 euros.
At any rate, two questions:
* Who are these Lerolle people (and did they neck down strange drugs too)?
* Degas took photographs!?
Latter question first, because the answer’s right there on the Musée d’Orsay website, and the first question gets complicated because there’s some cherchez les femmes involved. See the rest.
