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"This selection of images examines the growth and development of photography through the changing character of Paris in the remarkable period of 1900-1968. During these years, photography became a mass medium, with cheap reproductions appearing in the press. Technical advances made it possible to capture rapid movement and street photography flourished; some of the finest images in documentary photography were made on the streets of Paris by Atget, Brassai, Cartier-Bresson, Doisneau and Ronis, among many others. The transience of city life and the histories of Paris are brilliantly evoked in…
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 2002Royal Academy Books · 110 pages · 9780810966406
- Hardcover · English · 2002Royal Academy of Arts · 3 pages · 9781903973028
Paris (france), description and travelArchitectural photographyStreet photographyHistoryPictorial worksPhotographyStreetsSocial life and customs