Brassai MS

Gautrand is one of the most outstanding experts on photography in France. A photographer since 1960, he has also made a name for himself as a journalist and critic with numerous publications. Brassai (1899-1984) is one of the great figures of twentieth-century photography. Born in Brasso, Hungary, he studied at the academies of Budapest before moving to Paris in 1924. Initially interested in painting, he turned to photography in the early thirties at the suggestion of fellow Hungarian Andre Kertesz. He published his first book, Paris by Night, in 1933, which granted him recognition as a peerless chronicler of the city. At this time Brassai also became interested in graffiti and shared his discoveries with the Surrealist circles he frequented. Actively pursued throughout his car.