Brassai: Paris by Night -

Brassaï (1899‒1984), one of the most important and influential photographers of the twentieth century, moved to Paris from Hungary in 1924. He is best known for chronicling the city in the '30s and for his portraits of artists such as Picasso and Matisse, and writers including Henry Miller. His fifty-year artistic career also encompassed drawing, sculpture, writing, and filmmaking. Paul Morand was a French author of short stories and novellas associated with modernism.