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Proust in the Power of Photography 
 
  
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Hardcover 
176 pages 
University of Chicago Press 
Published 2001 
  
Language Notes 
  
Text: English (translation) 
  
Original Language: French  
  
 
  
Synopsis 
  
One of the most original and memorable photographers of the 20th century, Brassai was also a journalist, sculptor and writer. He took great pride in his writing, and he loved literature and language - French most of all. When he arrived in Paris in 1924, Brassai began teaching himself French by reading Proust. Captured by the sensuality and visual strategies of Proust's writing, Brassai soon became convinced that he had discovered a kindred spirit. Brassai wrote: "In his battle against Time,... read more
 
  
 
  

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Henry Miller: The Paris Years 1e 
  
Brassai
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Brassai: Paris By Night 
  
Brassai
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Proust in the Power of Photography 
  
Brassai; & Richard Howard (Translator)
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Brassai: Letters to My Parents 
  
Brassai; Barna Kantor (Translator); & Peter Laki (Translator)
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Brassai: Letters to My Parents 
  
Brassai; Peter Laki (Translator); & Barna Kantor (Translator)
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The Secret Paris of the '30s 
  
Brassai; & Richard Miller (Translator)
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Conversations With Picasso 
  
Brassai; Jane Marie Todd (Translator); & Henry Miller (Preface)
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Henry Miller, Happy Rock 
  
Brassai; Jane Marie Todd (Translator); & University of Chicago Press
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Conversations With Picasso 
  
Brassai; & University of Chicago Press
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Brassai Graffiti 
  
Brassai (Photographer)
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Photopoche, numero 28: Brassai 
  
Collectif
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Les Chats: Photographies Et Poemes 
  
De They; Brassai (Photographer); Willy Ronis (Photographer); Alessandra Scarpa; & Bibliotheque de L'Image
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Brassai: No Ordinary Eyes 
  
Roger Grenier; Stuart Alexander; & Annick Lionel-Marie
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L'Amour fou: Photography and Surrealism 
  
Jane Livingston; Dawn Ades; & Rosalind E. Krauss
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Brassai: An Illustrated Biography 
  
Elisabeth Poirier (Author)
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Brassai: The Monograph 
  
Alexande Alan Sayag
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Brassai: The Eye of Paris 
  
Anne Wilkes Tucker
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