| Brassai: The Eye of Paris
     
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Hardcover
367 pages
Harry N Abrams
Published 1999
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Brassan: The Eye of Paris is both the catalog of an exhibition of Brassan's photographs organized by the Houston Fine Arts Museum and a valuable biography of the artist. In 1932, only three years after he purchased his first camera (a Leica), Brassan published a portfolio of 64 photos titled Paris by Night that caused an immediate sensation. His lively eye (seen in an enigmatic photograph at the beginning of the book) captured fresh, unique images of the city and its citizens. Fascinated by the underworld, he moved easily among gangsters and prostitutes in bars and bordellos; he was equally at home among the fashionable and wealthy, and just as devastating in his depiction of them. He used magnesium flares for low-contrast shadows, catching his subjects in natural poses at significant moments. The wide range of Brassan's work is suggested by his formal nudes, which have an affinity with Edward Weston's, and his informal portraits, which remind viewers of Diane Arbus, who admired his work. Brassan was a central figure in the intellectual and artistic circles of Montparnasse that made Paris the most exciting city in the world during the 1930s. In a long essay that includes lively anecdotes of the photographer's relationships with Picasso, Henry Miller, Kertesz, and many other luminaries, the author re-creates the aesthetic and philosophical ferment of the period. Brassan: The Eye of Paris recognizes the artist's talents in five different media--photography, filmmaking, sculpture, writing, and drawing--but focuses on what he is best known for: lyrical and penetrating photographs of the City of Light. --John Stevenson |
Henry Miller: The Paris Years 1e
Brassai |  |
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Proust in the Power of Photography
Brassai; & Richard Howard (Translator) |  |
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Brassai: Letters to My Parents
Brassai; Barna Kantor (Translator); & Peter Laki (Translator) |  |
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Brassai: Letters to My Parents
Brassai; Peter Laki (Translator); & Barna Kantor (Translator) |  |
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The Secret Paris of the '30s
Brassai; & Richard Miller (Translator) |  |
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Conversations With Picasso
Brassai; Jane Marie Todd (Translator); & Henry Miller (Preface) |  |
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Henry Miller, Happy Rock
Brassai; Jane Marie Todd (Translator); & University of Chicago Press |  |
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Conversations With Picasso
Brassai; & University of Chicago Press |  |
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Brassai Graffiti
Brassai (Photographer) |  |
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Les Chats: Photographies Et Poemes
De They; Brassai (Photographer); Willy Ronis (Photographer); Alessandra Scarpa; & Bibliotheque de L'Image |  |
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Brassai: An Illustrated Biography
Elisabeth Poirier (Author) |  |
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Brassai: The Monograph
Alexande Alan Sayag |  |
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Brassai: The Eye of Paris
Anne Wilkes Tucker |  |
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