BRASSAI PARIS

By Jean-Claude Gautrand

Including an essay on his personal life and career, this book contains the photographic world of Brassai. Sorted into thematic chapters; Minotaure magazine, Paris at Night, Secret Paris, Day Visions, Artists of My Life, and Graffiti and Transmutations, the book explores the unfiltered lens of the Hungarian born photographer, known for his images of those struggling and marginalised by society. The post-World War I photographer was a member of the cultural elite in Paris, socialising with individuals such as Picasso, Miller and Sartre to name a few. Brassai’s gritty photographs present realities of life worlds apart from his own.