seine-sucht

as the sun sets on the banks of the seine, clémence poésy settles into a vintage ride to read a love letter written by poet paul éluard, to his first wife, gala, on friday may 15, 1936, several years after she had left him for salvador dalí. poésy takes on the tone of a modern-day gala, a self-assured seductress, who was famously a muse to a whole slew of surrealist artists and writers, including max ernst and andré breton. reading the letter with a hint of regret, she stands firm by her decision to trade in the poet for the painter.