Fireflies
"In Los Angeles, I didn’t meet any of the stars that sparkle in the Hollywood sky, but a few pretty fireflies worthy of attention, the ones that scoffers call the MAW – Models Actresses Whatever..."
Abstracts
"(…) They land in Hollywood, usually by Greyhound or after a three- or four-day drive, from the four corners of this immense country, to conquer the West and… fame. Their vocation isn’t necessarily to become artistes, but to make a name for themselves in this world of appearances… 'I’m pretty, yes, but you haven’t seen my photos!'… I felt great tenderness, often compassion, and sometimes admiration for these plucky girls.
They worked hard, usually carrying trays in restaurants rather than winding through film sets… This is how I met Ariana, who served coffee in my hotel in the mornings. Ariana was nothing like a MAW. Singlehandedly, she was capable of blasting apart this cynical term, not least because she had a genuine vocation, one that was well thought out."
Extract from Zoé Zoé, Femmes du mondes, 2007, Éditions Gallimard
Works
![USA, Los Angeles 3485](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_renee_0.jpg?itok=S02WMsTm)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache and pencil on paper
47 x 36 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 3448](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_renee2.jpg?itok=kc99-nbu)
Los Angeles, USA
C-Print
10 x 167 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2911](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_mia.jpg?itok=6Ykn9i6C)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2913](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_mia2.jpg?itok=3qCYheym)
Los Angeles, USA
C-Print
98 x 250 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2915](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_jeannie.jpg?itok=bOGTfDM6)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache on paper
47 x 36 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2917](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_jeannie2.jpg?itok=UXQ-Oxf_)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache on paper
48 x 60 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2919](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_jeannie3.jpg?itok=rrXjGKrX)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2921](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_jeannie4.jpg?itok=mdi7Igu8)
Los Angeles, USA
Silver print
30 x 40 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2925](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_lori.jpg?itok=UWoP8YZr)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache enhanced silver print
50 x 64 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2927](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_lori2.jpg?itok=-1EfLJ9S)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache on paper
66 x 42 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2929](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_lori3.jpg?itok=R1l8vI-0)
Los Angeles, USA
Silver print
30 x 40 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2931](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_lori4.jpg?itok=O4ABp7eN)
Los Angeles, USA
Silver print
30 x 40 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2933](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_standard_hollywood.jpg?itok=a8c-RCPP)
Los Angeles, USA
C-Print
100 x 78 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2935](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_mandy.jpg?itok=5iUcQRvh)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache on paper
56 x 74 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2937](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_mandy2.jpg?itok=k4oOOztd)
Los Angeles, USA
C-Print
160 x 250 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 2939](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_jessica.jpg?itok=KQoG7wIo)
Los Angeles, USA
Gouache on paper
32 x 41 cm
![USA, Los Angeles 3418](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_jessica2.jpg?itok=h0nzd-3t)
Los Angeles, USA
Silver print
30 x 24 cm
Maps
![USA, Los Angeles 2196](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/cartes/tit_2017_carte_usa_lucioles.jpg?itok=hP9Hj2SR)
Gouache on paper
64 x 100 cm