Brassai: An Illustrated Biography

Brassai: An Illustrated Biography

Diane Elisabeth Poirier • Flammarion

ISBN-10: 2080304976 · ISBN-13: 978‑2080304971 · 2006

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This comprehensive volume chronicles the life and artistic evolution of Gyula Halász, known to the world as Brassaï. Through a meticulous assembly of archival photographs, personal correspondence, and biographical narrative, Diane Elisabeth Poirier captures the photographer's profound connection to the nocturnal landscape of interwar Paris and his enduring influence on twentieth-century documentary photography.

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