One of the great chroniclers of Parisian life in the 20th century.
Produced in close cooperation with Willy Ronis and featuring images from his archives, this book traces the career of one of France's most remarkable photographers, to whom, along with Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, and Brassaï, we owe our romantic vision of France. In Ronis's photos of Paris, the city is inseparable from the working class men, women, and children who inhabit its streets and cafes. He once described his approach to photography in five words: "patience, thinking, chance, form, and time."
Working with available light, Ronis sought to capture the fleeting moments of everyday life, and his body of work documents, with timeless beauty and grace, the feel of French life in the 20th century.
Willy Ronis
Category: Photographer Monographs & Art Books
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Author: Willy Ronis, Jean Claude Gautrand
Publisher: Taschen
Publication Date:
2013
Print Length: 192 pages
Language: English
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Selected Books by This Photographer
Willy Ronis by Willy Ronis: The Master Photographer's Unpublished Albums
2018 - Flammarion
Willy Ronis, Matthieu Rivallin
La Vie en Passant
2004 - Prestel Publishing
Willy Ronis, Matthias Harder, Sylvia Bohmer, Nathalie Neumann
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