Molitor 6, MAILLOT HRIZONTAL - Gil Rigoulet

France, Paris, Piscine Molitor, summer 1985
“The boys were asked to smear the amber sunscreen on the ladies’ backs. We complied obediently, captivated by the scent of vanilla monoi ‘pur Tahiti’. Those were the days of the pleasure pool. We flirted, chirped and daydreamed. Time stretched.”

“In 1985, I did two series of black-and-white photos of the Molitor pool, deep in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, a mythical Art Deco pool with the look of an ocean liner, where the first Bikini appeared in 1945 and was the kingdom of topless in the 80s.

The Molitor pool closed in 1989, so there is no equivalent photographic record. My images speak of a quasi-mythical place where the joyful, undisciplined youth of Paris used to meet. I was free to walk my camera along the water’s edge, without any hindrance or authorization. No one cared. Young women casually rolled their one-piece swimsuits over their hips, or took off their bikini tops, attentive to the marks of their tans. They swam topless, shameless naiads. Their skin was beaded with drops, and they “toasted one” after the bath. The boys were asked to smear the amber on the ladies’ backs. We complied obediently, captivated by the scent of vanilla monoi “pur Tahiti”. Those were the days of the pleasure pool. We flirted, we chirped, we daydreamed.”

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