{"product_id":"paris-portrait-of-a-city-jean-claude-gautrand-9783836502931","title":"Paris. Portrait of a City","description":"\u003cp\u003eA city built on two millennia of history, \u003cstrong\u003eParis is entering the third century of its love story with photography\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was on the banks of the Seine that Niépce and Daguerre officially gave birth to this new art that has flourished ever since, developing a distinctive language and becoming a vital tool of knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis: Portrait of a City\u003c\/em\u003e leads us through what Goethe described as a \"universal city where every step upon a bridge or a square recalls a great past, where a fragment of history is unrolled at the corner of every street.\" The history of Paris is recounted in photographs ranging from Daguerre's early incunabula to the most recent images--an almost complete record of over a century and a half of transformations and a vast panorama spanning\u003cstrong\u003e more than 600 pages and 500 photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book brings together the past and the present, the monumental and the everyday, objects and people. Images captured by the most illustrious photographers--\u003cstrong\u003eDaguerre, Marville, Atget, Lartigue, Brassaï, Kertész, Ronis, Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson\u003c\/strong\u003e, and many more--but also by many unknown photographers, attempt to bottle just a little of that \"Parisian air,\" something of that particular poetry given out by the stones and inhabitants of a constantly changing city that has inspired untold numbers of writers and artists over the ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Presenting an exciting patchwork of images from past and present, \u003cem\u003eParis: Portrait of a City\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003ea huge and unique photographic study\u003c\/strong\u003e that, in a way, is the true family album of all Parisians. It is to them, and to all lovers of this capital city, that this vibrant, loving, and tender testimony is dedicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Claude Gautrand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3836502933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783836502931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taschen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 13.70h x 10.10w x 1.70d","brand":"Jean Claude Gautrand","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048128147711,"sku":"9783836502931","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe466d81-c792-4f2a-8fb9-fda663f2b0b9.jpg?v=1684994051","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paris-portrait-of-a-city-jean-claude-gautrand-9783836502931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}