Brassai was a Hungarian photographer; he moved to Paris in 1924 after he moved there he started to photograph Paris during night time focusing on street photography. As it was hard to get a good photograph at night because of how dark it was, he used a flash blub to light up the area, when he opened the shutter on the camera he would flash the light so he was then able to capture the image. I like Brassai’s night time photography as he has captured Paris for itself and how beautiful it is. I also think it’s really effective how he lights the scenes; using street lights (and a flash bulb) Paris is almost in total darkness, yet the photographs he produces have a very strong impact on me as a viewer due to the composition and the atmosphere produced within the photos.
"Gyula Halász's job and his love of the city, whose streets he often wandered late at night, led to photography. He later wrote that photography allowed him to seize the Paris night and the beauty of the streets and gardens, in rain and mist. Using the name of his birthplace, Gyula Halász went by the pseudonym "Brassaï," which means "from Brasso." As Brassaï, he captured the essence of the city in his photographs, publishing his first book of photographs in 1933 titled "Paris de nuit" ("Paris by Night"). His efforts met with great success, resulting in his being called "the eye of Paris" in an essay by his friend Henry Miller. In addition to photos of the seedier side of Paris, he also provided scenes from the life of the city's high society, its intellectuals, its ballet, and the grand operas. He photographed many of his great artist friends, including Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, plus many of the prominent writers of his time such as Jean Genet, Henri Michaux and others".
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