The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Brassaï's Paris, on view through August 28, 2005. Born in Hungary, yet essentially French, Brassaï (1899-1984) is renowned for his photographic chronicles of the night.
As a poor immigrant artist in Paris, he survived as a newspaper reporter, occasionally illustrating articles with his photographs. In 1930, he began photographing Paris at night with an insatiable eye, surveying the high and low life of this illustrious, mysterious city. Brassaï's photographs from this period depict his profound understanding of Parisian architecture and culture.
Through his lens, pattern and perspective are reversed, imagery is transformed and we are obliged to reverse our visual perception.
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