[Leica] Philippe

[Lluis Ripoll]

Chère Alice,

Je te réponds en français, je m’éxprime mieux qu’en anglais.

Merci pour ton touchant message, Philippe me manque et il me/nous manquera toujours, comme tu le dis, ça a été un shock totalement inattendu. Nous sommes fragiles et nous ne nous rendons pas compte du bonheur d’ouvrir les yeux tous les jours et vivre des nouvelles petites éxpériences. Tu le sais bien car Philippe et moi nous avions un contacte direct et souvent, nous avons partagé beaucoup plus que la photographie, comme la culture, la musique (je revais d’être un jour ensemble au "Palau de la Musica”) et aussi de la bonne humeur.

Le souvenir de lui et des moments qu’on a passé ensemble sont très vif dans ma mémoire ainsi que celle de tous les amis qui ont eu la chance de partager avec lui des moments inoubliables.

Connais-tu ce qui a fait Cartier-Bresson à l’enterrement de son ami Robert Doisneau? il a pris une pomme et l’a divisé en deux, une moitié l’amangé lui même et l’autre l’a jeté au tombeau de son ami lui disant “à toi, mon ami!”, j’aurais aimé en faire autant.

Avec toute mon affection
Lluis


> El 17 febr 2022, a les 9:02, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> va escriure:
> 
> Dear Leica friends all around the world,
> 
> this is Alice writing, and sorry for possibly having given you a shock as I am using Philippe's email address. 
> I would like to thank you all for the kind words and the memories you evoked concerning my  beloved companion for 20 years. He was a kind and caring hisband, and a mighty witty guy, a wonderful father and grandad, and he had that extra sparkle in the eye that made everybody marvel at his shots. We strolled on many paths for 20 years and his brutal and unexpected departure came as a shock to me and to all. No sign whatsoever, just a fatal heart attack when he slipped into bed after a nice day. 
> I would like to thank you all for having made his days bright and cheerful, for having been so welcoming at the way he saw the world, always in grace and with heart, and for having been his friend, which he truly believed. He often talked about the list and your pieces of art, which he would share with me: Alice, come here, see this shot, isn’it amazing? Intriguing? Marvelous? 
> Thank you for sending us some of his portraits, which we printed so that all the people who attended the funeral could admire and go back with some of them. 
> 
> Thank you for being who you all are: kind, open-minded, respectful and happy to share, always with a positive eye.
> 
> Amitiés, as he liked so much to write (and he meant it),
> Alice
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Le 20 janv. 2022 à 13:10, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
>> 
>> Hello all my friends
>> 
>> I received the sad news that my friend, our friend, Philippe Amard left us last night. 
>> May he rest in peace, I will miss him very much.
>> 
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
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