Bleu, Blanc, Rouge at Polly Maggoo's - Du bleu, du blanc et du rouge au balcon du Polly Maggoo - 130 Street Photographies after the Paris Attacks {Paris Street Photo}

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Bleu, Blanc, Rouge at Polly Maggoo's - Du bleu, du blanc et du rouge au balcon du Polly Maggoo - 28/130 © 2015 CHANT WAGNER

130 Street Photographies after the Paris Attacks - 130 photographies de rue, après les attentats de Paris - In Memoriam

Even in areas outside of the immediate neighborhood of the Xth and XIth arrondissements of the French capital city where the Paris Attacks concentrated, the national tricolor flag was dressing some very unofficial windows, like those of the Polly Maggoo bar in the Vth arrondissement, two weeks after the events...

Yes, Paris est une fête, but it does not forget it has a sense of duty, what the French call the "devoir de mémoire", the duty to remember (and bear witness to) the worst chapters of their and Europe's history.

It was discussed whether the initiative to deck the city was a flop or a success, some affirming it was a big flop. We think the answer lies somewhere in the middle of that alternate question. The movement was undeniably followed, sometimes quite creatively but it never attained, say, a North-Korean scale of ideological triumph, which in and of itself is a success for a democracy.

We think many more had no material flags to display, nor creative solutions of replacement, or wish to show off, but kept a mental image of it in their minds.

The bar is named after the iconic sixties movie by William Klein about the ordinary craziness of the fashion world, Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ? The café-bar features a mural made out of mosaics representing the main character of the film, which was played by model and actress Dorothy McGowan.

This photo is part of a series capturing the atmosphere of Paris after 11/13 in 130 pictures, one each day for each of the 130 Paris Attack victims.

Previously:

Shining the Light on November 13 - Projeter la lumière sur le 13 novembre - 27/130

Strange Goings Around a Carousel - Etrange manège le soir du réveillon de Noël - 26/130

The New In Colors - Le tricolore revient en vogue - 25/130

Drawing Resilience with Tealights - Dessiner la résilience avec des bougies - 24/130

Fascination - 23/130

Everything Happened, Nothing Happened - Tout est arrivé, rien n'est arrivé - 22/130

Patriotic Street Art - Un art des rues patriotique - 21/130

Keeping Emergency Services in a Central Paris Hospital - Maintien des urgences à l'Hôtel-Dieu - 20/130

Semiotics of Insult - La sémiotique de l'insulte - 19/130

Hacking It - Le système D - 18/130

Habit Rouge Impression - Une Impression d'Habit Rouge - 17/130

Recueillement - Meditation - 16/130

Saving Memorial Art from the Rain - Sauver un art de la mémoire de la pluie - 15/130

A Month Later - Un mois plus tard - 14/130

December 13, 2015 - Le 13 décembre 2015 - 13/130

Quentin Mourier, 29 ans - Quentin Mourier - 29 years old - 12/130

I Love You - M - Je t'aime, M - 11/130

Game Over: Culture Shock - Fin de partie : le choc culturel - 10/130

The Blood of the Republic was Shed - Le sang de la République a été versé - 9/130

Under Shock - Sous Le Choc - 8/130

Bullet Holes at the Laundromat - Impacts de balles au Lavratonic - 7/130

A La Bonne Bière Reopens: Shades of Emotions - Une Palette d'Emotions - 6/130

Peaceful Day at République - Jour Paisible à République - 5/130

Eagles of Death Metal - Still up on the Marquee II - Les Eagles of Death Metal sont toujours là-haut sur la marquise II - 4/130

Eagles of Death Metal - Still up on the Marquee - Les Eagles of Death Metal sont toujours là-haut sur la marquise - 3/130

Woman with a Tricolor Turban - La femme au turban tricolore - 2/130

Down Rue de Charonne - En bas de la rue de Charonne - 1/130

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