When you picture your French life, does it look as dreamy as this?
 Jamie Beck, aka Ann Street Studio; photographer, blogger, and co-founder of Cinemagraphs, is currently living our collective French daydream. About a year ago, the already well-travelled New Yorker had a panic attack on a plane and decided that it was time for life in France. Because lifeâs too short. In that time, she has lived, cooked, and entertained in a gorgeous, gorgeous château (currently being restored), strolled through fields of sunflowers and lavender, harvested grapes for her own champagne, picnic-ed and drank wine in open fields, and shot photographs of it all!
I am almost embarrassed to admit to the number of hours Iâve spent drooling over her Instagram feed and not very patiently waiting for updates via her Stories. Not only because I want to swap places with her (itâs Provence! Who wouldnât?), but also because Jamieâs photography makes everything look like⌠well⌠dreamscape! So gorgeously whimsical. Quaint, yet fancy. It is pure brilliance how she captures magic in every shot (can you tell Iâm a major #fangirl?).
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I think what is for me the most exciting part of Jamieâs Provence adventures is the series of self-portraits sheâs taken that are reminiscent of classic European paintings. Because, again, who doesnât want to be in one of those? What I especially love about these photos is that she takes you through the process via her Instagram Story (sadly, you only have 24hours to view them before they disappear. Which means I spend way too many hours on Instagram, but worth it. Totally!).
(Above: Photographer, Jamie Beck, marks her year anniversary in Provence with a triple self-portrait inspired by Jan van Eyckâs painting âArnolfini Portraitâ)
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I cannot currently afford to pack my bags and move to the South of France (someday, someday), but what I can afford to do is buy a premium internet data package that allows me to live vicariously through Jamie. And I do not intend to waste a moment of it.
Follow Jamieâs Provence adventures (and much more) on her blog and on Instagram.
(All images are from Jamieâs website and Instagram feed.)
Kov.
When In Provence⌠(Via Ann Street Studio) When you picture your French life, does it look as dreamy as this? Jamie Beck, aka Ann Street Studio; photographer, blogger, and co-founder ofâŚ
