Cover of Love on the Left Bank

Love on the Left Bank

A facsimile edition of one of the "classic" photography books. Elsken focuses on the Left Bank of Paris in the 1950s—a time when it was recognised as a centre of creative ferment which would determine the cultural agenda of a generation. With its unconventional, gritty, snapshot-like technique the work has been acclaimed as expanding the boundaries of documentary photography.

Themes
art
Audience
adult
Length
short · 112 pages

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