"Après un rêve" (poem: Romain Bussine, 1830–1899; music: 1878, Gabriel Fauré, 1845–1924)

Performed by Emily A. Cruz '22 

“Après un rêve” (After a Dream) is a French art song that speaks of the happiness a person feels when they dream of being with their lover. For me, Sally Mann’s tender portrait of her terminally ill husband evokes both the softness of sleep and a bleak sense of approaching death. This photograph captures the bittersweet sentiment that the couple will only be able to sustain the fantasy of being together forever in the realm of dreams.

Isabel Griffith-Gorgati '21