Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Chapter 8

1. 1. Capa feels a surge of happiness and generosity during a Parisian power cut, wanting to say yes to everything.
2. 2. Capa imagines seeing Ingrid everywhere in the city, as if fragments of her exist in shop windows and passing cars.
3. 3. Capa develops photographs of Ingrid in the darkroom, noting they are lovingly composed and soaked with light, unlike his usual improvised war pictures.
4. 4. Capa reflects on war photography, stating his job is to hold the shutter open when everyone else closes their eyes, and you must get close despite fear.
5. 5. Capa recalls soldiers in war carrying crumpled photos of their sweethearts, projecting idealized images to cope with the horror.
6. 6. Capa wins at poker by going on his nerve, not following a system, and remains optimistic.
7. 7. Ingrid cleans Capa's messy room, declaring she has a clean Scandinavian soul, and he must get used to it.
8. 8. Ingrid feels transformed by her relationship with Capa, comparing it to a queasy lift sensation, and worries it might be just a holiday romance.
9. 9. Ingrid asks Joe to trust her and let her live for a few weeks, and he reluctantly agrees not to take sides.
10. 10. Ingrid recalls a childhood memory of two seas meeting at the northern tip of Denmark, symbolizing her conflicting feelings.