Vincent Van Gogh

On 8 May 1889, Vincent Van Gogh committed himself to the hospital at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole. A former monastery in Saint-Rémy less than 20 miles from Arles. In this audio slideshow Heidi, from France FTW, disucsses Van Gogh’s life and art during his time at the Asylum while guiding you around the grounds…

Title: “The Asylum of Vincent Van Gogh”
Comissioned by: France The French Way, travel company

Equipment:

Sony TCD-D8 Portable DAT Recorder
Sony ECM-MS907 Stereo Microphone
Cool Edit Pro Digital Editor

Canon EOS 400d Digital Camera
Canon 18-55mm f4.0 – 5.6 lens

This audio was originally recorded back in 1999 when I was commissioned by John Reese, Director of the travel company “France The French Way”, to accompany him on a tour of Provence. The job was to capture atmospheric sounds and interview the various people we encountered on the way. It was a dream assignment… Although we initially planned to use the audio as part of a “talking maps” concept – it finally ended up as a Youtube marketing tool for John’s company. I took the majority of the photos ten years later in 2009, revisiting my earlier footsteps while on holiday in Provence.