14 Sun-Kissed Snapshots of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin on Vacation

He entered the pantheon of essential French artists long ago and continues to captivate us with his poetic expressions of love’s sorrows. In a vibrant tribute to Serge Gainsbourg—and Bastille Day—and because we never tire of admiring these moments, we revisit a series of sunny snapshots of Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, and their children en vacances.

On a beach in Cannes at the end of the ’60s, with his daughters around an inflatable pool in Saint-Tropez, aboard a boat on the Côte d’Azur with Jane Birkin… here are 14 snapshots of Serge Gainsbourg on vacation.