If you want a good photograph of yourself, wait until you are in Paris. There are now two photo booths developed by the legendary Studio Harcourt which has been photographing the stars since the 1930s.
The famous studio researched the various ways that it could reproduce something of its glamorous style in a photo booth. It unveiled the results at a special booth at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2011, which resulted in long queues outside the new booth as everybody lined up to get 'the Harcourt look' for a mere 10 euros. Okay, so you won't look quite as glam as Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon or Sophie Harcourt, but the photo will be something to keep. The booth doesn't use flash but continuous light. So the effect is not one of a mad looking rabbit caught in a car's headlights (well, mine always turn out like that), but what could be a real studio portrait.
The two booths are at MK2 Bibliotheque (128/162 Ave de France, Paris 13), and Franck et Fils (80 rue de Passy, Paris 16).
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Image: Being photographed at Studio Harcourt, Paris © Mary Anne Evans