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"Hungarian photographer Brassai was born Gyula Halasz, but took his pseudonym (after his hometown, Brasso) upon moving to Paris in 1924 and beginning to publish his photographs. He’d moved to the city as a journalist, but soon found himself being tutored by Andre Kertesz in photography, an art form toward which he’d once had an aversion. During the day, Brassai taught himself the French language by reading the epic works of Marcel Proust. In the evenings, he captured images of both sides of Parisian life: the seedier scene of pimps and prostitutes and the salon world of artist and intellectuals. He gathered these images into his first and arguably most famous collection, Paris At Night, which earned him the title “the eye of Paris.” These distinctive shots showcase Brassai’s use of light; the crisp, high contrast images of illumination and shadow are reminiscent of the film noir genre." http://josephsaxton.com/photographer/brassai
"Looking at his pictures, one is not aware of the act of photographing; it is rather as though the subject, through some agency of its own, reproduced itself." John Szarkowski, former director of Museum of Modern Art's department of photography
Paris at might
At a cafe
Lovers at night
Paris at night
Sweepers Luxembourg Gardens
Arc de Triomphe
In Mailloi's studio
Picasso in a cafe
Paris at night
Lovers in a cafe
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