Brassaï: Graffiti by Gilberte Brassaï

by Brassaï

French

Genres: Art, Photography

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

George Brassaï (pseudonym of Gyula Halász) (9 September 1899 — 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the World Wars. In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940–1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career.

Reviews

[Justin Labelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first encountered this book ten years ago in university.
At the time I was unimpressed but as my style of photography and interest in photography changed, I found myself reflecting on a en finally re-reading the book.
The various introductory chapters are insightful, thought-provoking and unpretentious.
They refer to Pompeii and both French and Spanish cave art.
They offer insight and inspiration as to the creation and documentation of one of our oldest human impulses.
The photographs themselves range in clarity as the introduction reminds us he focused with a string to understand the desired distance and often shot using an old wood web tripod.
This is a book that explores self-expression on an emotional rather than intellectual intellectual level, a stylistic one rather than a technical one.
We’ll worth a few prolonged glances.