Paris by Night

Pantheon, 1988-08-12. Paperback. Good. 12x10x0. Softcover. Shelf wear. Edges rubbed/creased. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Roaming Paris streets by night in the early 1930s, Brassai created arresting images of the city's dramatic nocturnal landscape. The back alleys, Metro stations, and bistros he photographed are by turns hauntingly empty or peopled by prostitutes, laborers, thugs, and lovers. Paris by Night, first published in French as Paris de nuit in 1932, collected sixty of these images, which have since become photographic icons. Original and subsequent editions of the book are highly sought after by collectors. For Brassai, 1932 and 1933 were the most important years in his life; they were the years in which he met Picasso, published Paris by Night - his first book - and collaborated with the Surrealists on the magazine Minotaure. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.