One of my favorite aspects of the
film is how you showed the un-
veiling of artwork for a few of her
customers. That’s a bit of a risky
shot. Was Mimi on board with
that from the beginning?
Mimi was completely on board to
shoot the unveiling and confident
she would deliver what they were
looking for. She told us she never
had a return portrait… and she did
not disappoint. but I couldn’t imagine any with a
city storefront. In many ways, it
makes sense that she’s in the Vil-
lage. Could you picture her shop
anywhere else?
No. It couldn’t exist anywhere
else. The Village has been home
to freethinkers, artists and radicals
for hundreds of years – it was built
for people like Mimi… And now
the Village has people with money
who can afford these paintings.
I knew there were photogra-
phers who worked with pets, Even though the Village has
changed so much over the years,
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