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Who’s Smoking?

At the top of this page you see the portraits of twenty French smokers — artists, politicians, scientists and others. Some of them were born in France, others chose France as their home country later in life. The image changes each time you open Frogsmoke or refresh the screen. In total, the gallery contains over ninety portraits, and will continuously be extended and updated.

These are their names (links point in most cases to biographies on Wikipedia):

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Emmanuelle Beart, Louis Malle, Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Coco Chanel, Alain Delon, Maurice Druon, Serge Reggiani, Vanessa Paradis, Albert Camus, Georges Simenon, Sophie Marceau, François Truffaut, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean Cocteau

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Johnny Hallyday, Carla Bruni, Jacques Prévert, André Malraux, Emma de Caunes, Serge Gainsbourg, Juliette Gréco, Georges Pompidou, Roger Vadim, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Gabin, Virginie Ledoyen, Claude Chabrol, Fernandel

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José Bové, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Richard, Françoise Sagan, Michel Piccoli, Charles Aznavour, Mireille d’Arc, Renaud Séchan, Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Julie Delpy, Charles de Gaulle, Brigitte Bardot, Bruno Cremer, Django Reinhardt

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Jacques Brel, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Tati, Anaïs Croze, Michael Lonsdale, Simone Signoret, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Legrand, Georges Brassens, Jacques Chirac, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Montand, Eddie Barclay, Philippe Noiret, Sylvie Vartan

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Sophie Dumier, Blaise Cendrars, Carole Bouquet, Pierre Richard-Willm, Patrick Dewaere, Guillaume Depardieu, Léo Ferré, Philippe Katerine, Gilbert Bécaud, Lino Ventura, Eva Green, Loulou de la Falaise, Élodie Bouchez, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Mistinguett

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André Gide, Claude Monet, Antonin Arnaud, Jean-Louis Aubert, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dominique Wilms, Henri Verneuil, Anna Karina, Tristan Bernard, Antoine Blondin, Léon-Paul Fargue, Vahina Giocante, Jean Renoir, Romy Schneider, Henri Langlois

(photos to follow)
Michel Simon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Beatrice Dalle, Albert Prejean, Jérôme Savary, Marion Cotillard, Lou Doillon, Keren Ann, Robert Guediguian,

Comments

Comment from Pepper
Time: February 3, 2008, 11:40 pm

you changed the photo-montage but not the list of personbalities…

I think your website is great !

>> From Romke: Thanks for the compliment — and the gallery is now up-to-date

Comment from Tyrannosaurus Z.
Time: March 25, 2008, 12:25 am

I’ve just discovered your blog, and I’ll come back. By the way, Georges Simenon was Belgian. Greetings

Comment from Marie
Time: April 20, 2008, 9:04 am

This is such a jazzy blog! I am enthralled!

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