This image was taken at the Baroness' Louise De Waldner house, wife of Baron Geoffrey De Waldner. De Waldner's were an ancestral family whose last name can be found in the courts of Louis XVI in Versailles, and have always been related to the monarchy. The Baroness herself was a very close friend to the British Queen mother. Even though this was during the first period of colour and new subjects for Horst, we found this particular image to be quite modern, simple and romantic. The roses left casually in a basket on the steps with the cutter and the view of the stones and mould and moss growing from the years of the castle, is really simple but at the same time, it says a lot. The “Around That Time, portfolios are literally a time capsule of style and design from the 1960s-1980s. The images chosen for this portfolio are a who’s who of the tastemakers and influencers from one of the most exciting and innovative periods of the twentieth century. Never before was there a moment quite like this, and never before or since has there been a photographer of such unique talent as Horst P. Horst.”