The Parisian gallery Mariposa opens its doors with an exhibition of photography by Peter Schlesinger, images snapped during his fabulous travels in France. At 18, the California native enrolled in a painting course at UCLA, taught by David Hockney. The two men fell in love. After graduation, Schlesinger followed Hockney to London; he attended art school and was part of the city’s haute bohemian scene. On trips to France from 1969 to 1979, Schlesinger captured colorful moments of his glamorous existence: Robert Mapplethorpe leaving a camera shop on the Boulevard Saint-Germain (1971), Grace Coddington strolling down Rue de Rivoli the same year she began at American Vogue (1972), Andy Warhol and Rex Reed in a taxi in Monaco (1974), Paloma Picasso and Tina Chow at Paloma’s wedding, in Paris (1978). This will be the first exhibition of Schlesinger’s photography in Europe. —Clara Molot