What’s Brad Pitt hiding in his French vineyard?

Every six months, on the summer or winter solstice, Robert Charles Mann makes the 500-mile journey from his home in France’s Loire Valley to Château Miraval, Brad Pitt’s wine estate in the south of the country. ‘It’s a magnificent place,’ says Mann. ‘I’ve known Brad for some time. It’s always a real pleasure to be there.’

Mann isn’t there simply to guzzle rosé with his friend, but to check in on the pinhole cameras that he set up six months beforehand, removing the negatives and mounting new cameras. ‘I never know what’s coming,’ he says, describing the anticipation of seeing what the cameras have produced each time. ‘The waiting, the appreciation, the anxiousness of seeing the images, and whether I’ve failed or not, it’s a big part of my life.’

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