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Day 3 This morning I’m meeting Christiane Celle, the woman behind Calypso. She decided to open a boutique selling bathing suits in St. Barth’s in 1990 because one morning she found…

Day 4 It’s the middle of the afternoon when I leave the International Center of Photography, where I teach a digital course. I’m meeting Steven Kasher at his Chelsea gallery. He’s…

Day 5 Cold and gray this morning. In a Madison Avenue diner, I try to get warm, but the tea I order is so hot it’s undrinkable. Oh well. I’ll…

Day 9 New York feels like one big party this Friday morning. It’s the weekend of all the contemporary art fairs (Armory, Scope, Volta, Independent) and I’m heading to Chelsea to…

Day 10 Today I’m meeting Larry Miller in one of those tower buildings that house so many treasures. The doorman calls me “hon” and tells me the gallery is on the third…

Day 12 Today I feel I’m getting closer to the finish line. Tomorrow I’m submitting my pictures and texts of these last two months to Jean-Jacques and his team at La…

Day 5 I’d been wanting to go for a long time. No, honestly. At least ever since my university days in Paris, where I studied British literature. That’s when I…

Day 1 I leave home this morning as if I’m leaving for a long journey. One to a faraway land. My nose pressed against the taxi window, I watch New York fly…

Day 7 I have a meeting with Julie Saul this morning. At her home. 
In fact, I was supposed to meet with her a week earlier in her gallery but she…