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NY: Thames & Hudson, 2013. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 312 pages, pictorial boards with black cloth spine. Brassai (1899–1984) was the first and is still the most famous photographer to chronicle Paris after dark. Born in Hungary, he came to the French capital in 1924, working first as a journalist and then embracing photography, but it was the Paris of the 1930s that forms the bedrock of his body of work. Walking the city’s streets at night, Brassai captured a previously unseen world on camera. He shows us every face and every facet, from tough guys and showgirls to prostitutes and pleasure-seekers, from the bustling cafés and dance halls to the stillness of deserted streets and mist-shrouded monuments. Through his eyes, Paris becomes a world of shadows, in which light, the prerequisite for any photograph, is reduced to dimly lit windows, streetlamps in the fog, or reflections on a rain-soaked pavement. This book brings together some of the best-known images from Brassai’s…
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Brassaï: Paris Nocturne Hardcover - - 1st Edition
by Aubenas, Sylvie; Bajac, Quenten
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- Title Brassaï: Paris Nocturne
- Author Aubenas, Sylvie; Bajac, Quenten
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 312
- Language ENG
- Publisher Thames & Hudson, London
- Date Septembe
- ISBN 9780500544259
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