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The Paris: Portrait Of A City book presents over 500 photographs spanning more than a century and a half of Parisian history, featuring works by pioneering photographers including Louis Daguerre, Henry Fox Talbot, Brassaï, and Cartier-Bresson. Its 600-plus pages trace the visual transformation of the city through images by Marville, Atget, Lartigue, Kertész, Ronis, and Doisneau, blending early daguerreotypes with mid-twentieth century street photography. The collection captures everyday Parisian life, its people, and objects, offering a documentary record of the city's evolving character alongside a survey of historic photographic techniques.
Featuring some of the very earliest pictures ever taken of Paris — by Louis Daguerre and Henry Fox Talbot — this monograph from Taschen tells a fascinating visual tale of the chicest city in the world. Presenting 500 photographs by the likes of Daguerre, Marville, Atget, Lartigue, Brassaï, Kertész, Ronis, Doisneau and Cartier-Bresson, the book spans more than 600 pages for a compelling reflection of over a century and a half of transformation. Not just a love letter to the city but also to its relationship with historic photography, the book offers a exciting patchwork of images from the past and present of everyday Paris, its objects and people.
