Brassaï
Brassaï is the psuedonym of Gyula Halázs who was a photographer who's style was nighttime photographs. Brassaï was born on September 9, 1899 in Brassó, Translyvania, Austria, Hungary (which is now Romania). He died on July 8, 1984 in Beaulieu- sur- Mer, France. He studied sculpture and painting at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, and also studied the arts at the Berlin- Charlottenburg Academy of Arts.
Brassaï joined Austro-Hungarian Army, and due to that, he moved to Berlin. In Berlin, he studied the arts at the Berlin- Charlottenburg Academy of Arts. Then, he moved to Paris, France in 1924, and the first job he had was a journalist. Even though, he was a journalist, he pursued painted, sculpting, and drawing. In the 1930s, he was asked to photograph studios of some artists. Brassaï was then was by then very well respected and was sent around the world to take photographs.
Brassaï being taking photographs of locations in Paris at nighttime. He faced several problems, including streetlamps, but learned techniques to make his photographs better. Paris de nuit was published in 1933 with the photographs taken by Brassaï and the words written by Paul Morand. Other books where his work was published include: Henry Miller grandeur nature, Henry Miller rocher heureux, Le Paris secret des annees 30 and Les Artistes de ma vie. His work was put in many exhibits, and he received several medals.
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brassai
http://famous-photographers.com/brassai/
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