Brassai (Gyula Halász), sculpteur et dessinateur, s'installa à Paris en 1924, où il fut initié à la photographie par son compatriote hongrois et photographe André Kertész. Muni d'un petit appareil photo, Brassai arpentait les rues de Paris, et la nuit, les bistrots, les bars et les maisons closes, immortalisant la ville et ses habitants. Il photographiait discrètement, mais avec chaleur.
Brassai eloquently photographed Paris and its people, and also compiled a massive pictorial record of his fellow artists of the time.
 
Pacific Press Service and Printemps Ginza, co-organizers of the exhibition, take great pleasure in presenting the first comprehensive Brassaï exhibition ever seen outside of France. We are deeply indebted to Madame Gilberte Brassaï for her wise advice and enthusiastic cooperation in realizing this exhibition in Japan.
 
The patronage of the Embassy of France and the encouragement of the Photographic Society of Japan and the Japan Professional Photographers Society is appreciated, as is the generous support of Oriental Photo Industrial Co., Ltd.
 
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