The Secret Paris of the 30s is one of the most remarkable photographic memoirs ever published. For years it was known that Brassaï had taken a series of ‘secret photographs’ that could not be published because of their daring nature. Alone, or in the company of friends, he discovered the forbidden Paris of the 1930s – its brothels, its whores, its pimps, its opium dens – the sordid yet bewitching bas-monde where high society mingled with the underworld.
Brassaï’s photographs reveal a milieu previously only known through books such as the novels of Henry Miller (a frequent companion on his nocturnal rambles): the seamy, grimy yet infinitely exciting reality that tourists still think of when they seek ‘Paris by night’. These fascinating images are accompanied by Brassaï’s own text, in which he describes the extraordinary conditions under which he took his photographs.
- ISBN13 9780500271087
- Publish Date 1 August 1983
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 September 2024
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English