Les Chiens De Paris/Dogs in Paris: Dogs in Paris

by Barnaby Conrad III

Nowhere are dogs more widely pampered by their owners than in the City of Light. Canines of varying breeds appear, well-fed and immaculately groomed, in all aspects of Parisian life, whether they are riding the Metro, sitting in the front seat of a taxi, or relaxing side by side with their "maitre" at a cafe table. Great photographers have long been fascinated by the city's obsession with dogs and, in "Les Chiens de Paris," Barnaby Conrad III has amassed an irresistible collection of photographs of Parisian dogs taken over the last century. From Nadar's touching 1865 portrait of a boy and his dog to huge hounds, miniature pooches, and jounty mongrels captured by Lartigue in the Bois de Bologne, Erwitt in the Boulevard St. Germain, Doisneau at the Louvre, and Cartier-Bresson along the Seine, these timeless, duotone images resonate with comedy, poignancy, and "joie de vivre."

Genres: Nonfiction, Photography

72 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1995

About the author

Barnaby Conrad III is an American author, artist, and editor.

NB: Son of writer/bullfighter/raconteur Barnaby Conrad.

Reviews

[GoldGato · Rating 3 out of 5]

"The more I see of man, the more I love my dog." - {Pascal}

Here is a lovely collection of photographs of Parisian dogs and their Parisian owners...sitting, walking, eating, and loving together. Each decade of the last century is represented, but there's something about the 1950s which makes Paris and its dogs so collectively bourgeois. From Edouard Boubat's cover shot of a pampered but contemplative poodle hanging with his newspaper-reading human to Robert Doisneau's photo of a camera-aware terrier, the B&W stills show a timeless city.

"Deceived by the world, never by my dog." - {Paris tombstone}


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