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Brassai: The Monograph
by Brassaï (Contributor), Alain Sayag (Contributor), Henry Miller (Contributor), Roger Grenier (Contributor)

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Publication Date: August 2000



Celebrating the work of one of the great photographers of the century, this image-packed monograph includes classic portraits of Picasso, Matisse, and the Surrealists, as well as other notable personalities from Paris in the 1930s. 15,000 first printing.

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The Artists of My Life (A Studio book)
by Brassai (Author), Richard Miller (Translator)

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Publication Date: October 1982



George Brassaï (pseudonym of Gyula Halász) (9 September 1899 — 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century.

He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the World Wars. In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940–1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career.

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Brassai in America
by Brassai (Author), Agnes de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (Contributor)

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Publication Date: October 2011



A rare discovery of more than 150 previously unpublished photographs in black and white and in color, from a legendary photographer. Despite strong personal and professional ties in the U.S.--Henry Miller, Harper's Bazaar's Carmel Snow, and Edward Steichen, who featured Brassai's work in many MoMA exhibitions--Brassai remained reticent about travel to the U.S. until 1957 when Holiday magazine offered generous compensation (and artistic freedom) to photograph New York and Louisiana.

From the first symbolic image of this voyage--the Statue of Liberty appearing over the ship's prow--Brassai came under the spell of America and his photographs innately captured his new perspective. In New York, he was captivated by the graphic skyscrapers and the rhythmic to-ing and fro-ing of the crowds. Unlike his static photographs of Paris--posing prostitutes, embracing lovers, sleeping street people--here he captured sequences of movement--children playing, fashionable women parading by, or the effects of light filtering through the urban architecture.

In Louisiana, he continued to photograph more languorous sequences, but here he reveled in color--the copper skin of sunbathers, the pastel tones of prom dresses, the vibrant neon of amusement park attractions. The New Orleans music halls, nightlife, women, and exotic vegetation recall scenes from 1930s Paris.

This exuberant study of 1950s America offers the reader unprecedented access to Brassai's work, including previously unpublished color photography.

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