“La Goulue”

“La Goulue” was a can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge, and for a few years one of the biggest and highest paid stars in Paris. She has been immortalised in paintings by Toulouse-Lautrec, who was a regular at the Moulin Rouge and a close friend of hers. Her nickname means, more or less, “the glutton”, for her habit of downing men’s drinks while flirting with them at their table.

   17 May 2022
   Montmartre
   ILCE-7M3
   1/80s    f/4.5   28mm   ISO 125
La Goulue grave