THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS IN TAKING PHOTOS, DIFFERENT STYLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY. IF YOU FOLLOW A STYLE LIKE THE ONE PIERRE-YVES MONNERVILLE DOES, IT BECOMES A VERY PERSONAL, ALMOST INTIMATE, EXPERIENCE. IT TAKES A RARE TALENT TO BE ABLE TO WRITE POETRY WITH VISUALS, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT PIERRE-YVES MONNERVILLE DOES. TOGETHER WITH HIS MUSINGS ON SUBJECTS THAT ARE PAINFULLY RECOGNIZABLE FOR ALL US GAY MEN, PIERRE-YVES CREATED HIS JOURNALS, HIS DIARIES. TODAY, PART 2.
"I don’t mind growing old. I really don’t. What scares the hell out of me though is realizing one day that I failed to seize opportunities. The thought that something is over and will never happen again as it first did drives me insane. That’s why I’m a lot more outspoken than a few years ago and have a go at as many things as possible.
I remember the first time the notion of time occurred to me was when I was five or six. I tried set my watch three hours backwards so I could live twice the same event. To finish me off, I also realized I didn’t have any super power. Some time later, I understood that as I was alive, I’d have to die eventually. No wonder why I wasn’t such a happy child.
This brings Eric to my mind. We were at the same school. He was very cute, a bit older than me and I suspected he was gay. My gaydar was already fine tuned then I guess. Of course, even though we chatted every time we bumped into each other, I never dared to ask him out or even for a coffee. I suppose I was waiting for him to make the first step, which would be the start of a happy long term relationship, like in the Hollywood movies I was watching then. He had a fatal accident a few months later and I never had a chance to get to know him as I wanted. Ironically I became very good friends with his step sister who told me he liked me. Besides his death, the other difficult part is that I’ll never know what could have happened between us."
"I am selfishness made man. How funny for somebody who’s so proud of being masculine to behave like the average queen from hell.
I can’t bear compromising. No sooner have I started feeling like I can’t do whatever I want whenever I want or just going out of my way to arrange anyone that I panic.
No wonder why I’m always fucking single. Even I couldn’t stand dating me!
I haven’t got a clue what to do, though. Maybe I haven’t been down or lonely enough yet to bring myself to change and be less of a cunt." -B-
Photography and text by Pierre-Yves Monnerville. Opportunities is based on a real life experiences from Pierre-Yves Monnerville. Model: Vincent. Always Single is a fictive story of which the visuals are inspired by the TV movie Clapham Junction. Model: Yann Houdre.
Read also Pierre-Yves Monnerville’s Diaries | Vol. 1.
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