donderdag 24 oktober 2019

Brassai

The foam Photograpy museum has an exhibition of French photographer of Hungarian origin "Brassai (1899-1984)". He made numerous iconic images od Parisian life in the 1930s. He was known for his nocturnul images of the city, but he also photographed high society, ballet, opera and intellectuals- including his friends Picasso, Dali and Matisse.



The photographer in his dark room.

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  1. It is amazing that it was elegant and sophisticated to smoke back then. The photographs are quite wonderful and really capture the essence of the time.

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  2. It would be fun to see all that Parisian night life in photos.

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  3. Some interesting looking characters in the second photo.

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  4. I'm still studying the woman holding a cigarette in a cigarette holder. I don't recall every seeing anyone in real life do that. Just in movies. :-)

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  5. I looooove this kind of photographic exhibition Marianne, would have been lovely to be there to see it with you ✨

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