The Secret Paris of the 30s: Brassaï - Softcover

Richard Miller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500271089 ISBN 13: 9780500271087

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1983

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'A classic . . . a fascinating exploration of an evocative era' - Amateur Photographer 'Fascinating stuff . . . Brassai's descriptions of the people he came across are as riveting as the images themselves' - Time Out

Reseña del editor

The Secret Paris of the 30s is one of the most remarkable photographic memoirs ever published. For years it was known that Brassai had taken a series of `secret photographs' that could not be published because of their daring nature. Alone, or in the company of friends, he discovered the forbidden Paris of the 1930s - its brothels, its whores, its pimps, its opium dens - the sordid yet bewitching bas-monde where high society mingled with the underworld. Brassai's photographs reveal a milieu previously only known through books such as the novels of Henry Miller (a frequent companion on his nocturnal rambles): the seamy, grimy yet infinitely exciting reality that tourists still think of when they seek `Paris by night'. These fascinating images are accompanied by Brassai's own text, in which he describes the extraordinary conditions under which he took his photographs.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0500271089
• ISBN 13: 9780500271087
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192