Parisians

Peter Turnley
Peter Turnley , 2000
Hardcover
Parisians: Peter Turnley
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Dimensions: 11.75 X 9.75
Pages: 167
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As his affectionate but crisply unsentimental images of Paris and Parisians make evident, Peter Turnley is a clear-eyed descendant of such master French photographers as Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, and Edouard Boubat. That Turnley's work has been inspired by these earlier influences comes as no surprise, for as a young photographer he worked as Doisneau's assistant, and he subsequently became a close friend of Boubat. Turnley's work is nonetheless uniquely his own, rooted in his twenty-five-year affair of the heart with the most beautiful city in the world. It is a city that offers him not only beauty but also a cherished haven from the wrenching horrors of war and upheaval that he documents in the course of his career as a photojournalist. His photos give us seductive glimpses of Paris life as lived on the street, in the Metro, and at countless neighborhood cafés an intimate Paris that outsiders rarely see.
 

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