Brassai: Paris by Night

This essential reference in the history of urban photography-compiled by Brassaï himself and first published in 1933-has been meticulously reproduced in a new edition with gilt edging. The city of Paris bewitched Hungarian-born Brassaï. Working as a journalist by day in the early 1930s, he roamed the streets of the capital by night, visiting its bistros and sharing moments in the lives of avant-garde artists, prostitutes, peddlers, down-and-outs, and illicit lovers. He captured portraits of a hauntingly dramatic nocturnal world. With these sixty-two poetic photographs, which demonstrate his technical mastery in depicting darkness, he quickly established himself as one of the most original photographers of his generation. >The city‘s atmospheric night landscape of back alleys, metro stations, and sinewy streets are at turns eerily empty or peopled by dancers, revelers, laborers, and thugs. This important work-a stunning portrait of nighttime in the City of Light- portrays the birth of Brassaï as an artist. This book serves as a perpetual source of inspiration for creatives in photography, fashion, and , and this new edition, printed using the latest engraving technology to faithfully reproduce the quality of the original photographs, features a cloth binding and tinted page edges.