In the summer of 1974, I wrote a paper at Harvard University entitled “Brassaï and Surrealism, Brassaï as Surrealist.” The professor, I later discovered, was Brassaï’s acquaintance, and had me forward ...

Under Brassaï’s lens, Paris is shrouded with mystery, yet in the darkness of shadows, truths creep out. In the strictly realistic realm of photography, Brassaï expands into the magical space of ...

In the early 1930s, the writer Henry Miller dubbed Brassaï “the eye of Paris” but in fact the late photographer didn’t settle down in the City of Lights until he was in his mid-20s. Born Gyula Halász ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. This article is more than 9 years old. No facet of Paris was ...

Nan Goldin, “Picnic on the Esplanade, Boston” (1973), Cibachrome print, 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm) (courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Nimoy Family Foundation) LOS ANGELES ...

Famed Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï was one of a number of photographers who made his name and reputation in the inspiring artistic milieu of Paris between the two world wars. His evocative, ...

‘Ansel asked me if I was using his “zone system”. When I said I had my own method, he said I was probably using his unconsciously’ In 1976, I was working at the Photographers’ Gallery in London. The ...

After decades spent exploring the seedier realms of Paris, the photographer Brassaï (1899–1984) came to the conclusion that graffiti was not vandalism but rather “the survival instinct of all those ...

The Broncos turned down a chip shot to go up 10-0 in favor of being "aggressive." Those three points proved titanic. Dart was one of the quarterbacks Harbaugh reportedly spent time watching film on ...