Paris. Portrait of a City,Used

ReviewA luminous, voluminous portrait of Paris. Edited with an expert eye, the TASCHEN book shows off the city in many lights. International Herald Tribune'Un livre runit (enfin !) les uvres des plus grands photographes. Une histoire capitale. Attention: ce livre sur Paris est un inpuisable monument. Riche de plus de 600 pages avec autant de photos, il se lit dune traite et se relit encore, tant ses dtails sont instructifs.' LExpress Styles'Passionnant patchwork croisant les temps et les angles dapproches, les esthtiques aussi, voil un recueil dimages consulter sans modration.' Le Monde des Beaux Livres'Un ouvrage majeur... une anthologie magistrale, aussi complexe que peut l'tre cette ville aux multiples visages et aux couleurs si changeantes, du gris des ardoises aux ors de palais... Gautrand atteint ici le grand uvre...' photographie.com'Visuellement et physiquement, lobjet est impressionnant avec ses 4.5 kg, ses 624 pages et ses 500 illustrations en provenance de plus de 150 photographes JeanClaude Gautrand signe ici un livre unique dans la ligne des grandes capitales mise en chantier par Benedikt Taschen.' LaLettredelaPhotographie.com'Une bible en 600 photos. Tout lu, tout vu sur Paris? Cette chronique parisienne et journalistique risque fort de vous happer, si Paris vous tient cur... Mmoire de la photographie lui tout seul, JeanClaude Gautrand a une rare libert de ton. Son Paris est un rgal.' Le FigaroscopeProduct DescriptionA city built on two millennia of history, Paris is entering the third century of its love story with photography.It was on the banks of the Seine that Nipce and Daguerre officially gave birth to this new art that has flourished ever since, developing a distinctive language and becoming a vital tool of knowledge.Paris: Portrait of a City leads us through what Goethe described as a universal city where every step upon a bridge or a square recalls a great past, where a fragment of history is unrolled at the corner of every street. The history of Paris is recounted in photographs ranging from Daguerres early incunabula to the most recent imagesan almost complete record of over a century and a half of transformations and a vast panorama spanning more than 600 pages and 500 photographs. This book brings together the past and the present, the monumental and the everyday, objects and people. Images captured by the most illustrious photographersDaguerre, Marville, Atget, Lartigue, Brassa, Kertsz, Ronis, Doisneau, CartierBresson, and many morebut also by many unknown photographers, attempt to bottle just a little of that Parisian air, something of that particular poetry given out by the stones and inhabitants of a constantly changing city that has inspired untold numbers of writers and artists over the ages.Presenting an exciting patchwork of images from past and present, Paris: Portrait of a City is a huge and unique photographic study that, in a way, is the true family album of all Parisians. It is to them, and to all lovers of this capital city, that this vibrant, loving, and tender testimony is dedicated.About the AuthorJean Claude Gautrand (19322019) was one of Frances most distinguished experts on photography. An active photographer since 1960, he also made a name for himself as a historian, journalist, and critic, with numerous publications including his TASCHEN books on Brassa (2004), Paris. Portrait of a City (2011), Robert Doisneau (2014), and Eugne Atget. Paris (2016).