Brassai

 

Brassaï was one of the most influential French photographers of the 20th century. This book collects many of his most famous photos, grouped into these categories: self-portraits, the street, Paris by day, Paris at night, pleasures, society, personages, graffiti, body of a woman, places and things, portraits, and Minotaure. Exclusively black and white, and printed on large plates in an oversized book. Brassaï was known for photographing the underworld, and this collections includes a number of examples of "thugs," gangs, prostitutes, as well as people in bars or at society events.