Chagrin d'Amour, Kusaie, Est Carolines

"Chagrin d'Amour, Kusaie, Est Carolines" (Heartache, Kosrae, Eastern Carolines) presents a Pacific islander from Kosrae in the Caroline Islands in a moment of emotional introspection — the title's "heartache" suggesting a young person caught in the specific pain of romantic loss. Jacoulet's portraiture regularly reached beyond the ethnographic to the psychological, and his Pacific subjects are most alive when they carry the universal weight of human emotion rather than remaining documentary subjects. The rich color palette gives the sitter's face and clothing maximum visual presence.