A collection of Paul Almasy's photographs of Paris, offering a multi-faceted portrait of the city over five decades. It includes scenes of everyday life, images of victory celebrations and mass demonstrations, scenes from within the halls of power, and portraits of famous artists at work.
These are interesting photographs, new to most American eyes: a record of Almasy's ethnographically fascinating view into prewar Third World settings in South America, Africa, and the Near East as well as mid-century Europe. His austere, formal approach includes many canted compositions and overhead viewpoints. While the quality and selection of the photos are excellent, it takes some work to find the English captions to specific images (the text is bilingual), and the short introductory essays are somewhat clumsily translated from the original German. For comprehensive collections only.-Douglas F. Smith, Oakland P.L., CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Paul Almasy, ein ungarischer Fotojournalist, dokumentiert das Paris der 1950er und 1960er Jahre in poetischen Straßenfotografien. Sein Werk zeigt das pulsierende Leben der Stadt nach der Besatzung, mit Fokus auf Kunst, Literatur und Mode. Eine Hommage an berühmte Orte und Persönlichkeiten der Zeit, ideal für Paris-Liebhaber.