Brassaï (1899-1984)
Brassaï was a photographer, draftsman, painter, sculptor and also a journalist. French of Rumanian origin, he is famous for his shots of Paris by night.
His love of the French capital and his job as a journalist led him to photograph the capital during long nocturnal walks. These images will earn him an international notoriety under the pseudonym of Brassaï meaning "de Brassó" (his hometown).
Brassaï used photography to "capture Parisian night, the beauty of the streets and gardens of the capital."
His first book "Paris de nuit", published in 1932, met with great success and earned him the nickname "The Eye of Paris" by his friend Henry Miller. This book will be followed by another book devoted to the capital: Paris Secret in 1972.
Brassaï presented the varied characters he encountered as "types". He used his camera to chronicle the unseen side of human behavior: from illicit liaisons and private gatherings, to criminal activity and policing, to vagrants, and workers emerging from their long night shifts. There is spontaneity in Brassaï's work, but he did not hesitate to do his work.
Brassaï was a photographer, draftsman, painter, sculptor and also a journalist. French of Rumanian origin, he is famous for his shots of Paris by night.
His love of the French capital and his job as a journalist led him to photograph the capital during long nocturnal walks. These images will earn him an international notoriety under the pseudonym of Brassaï meaning "de Brassó" (his hometown).
Brassaï used photography to "capture Parisian night, the beauty of the streets and gardens of the capital."
His first book "Paris de nuit", published in 1932, met with great success and earned him the nickname "The Eye of Paris" by his friend Henry Miller. This book will be followed by another book devoted to the capital: Paris Secret in 1972.
Brassaï presented the varied characters he encountered as "types". He used his camera to chronicle the unseen side of human behavior: from illicit liaisons and private gatherings, to criminal activity and policing, to vagrants, and workers emerging from their long night shifts. There is spontaneity in Brassaï's work, but he did not hesitate to do his work.
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