Unexpected Paris: A Contemporary Portrait - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2080202375 ISBN 13: 9782080202376

Publisher: Flammarion, 2015

Synopsis

This book captures every aspect of Paris and its inhabitants: urban acrobats take to the streets, a sandaled nun crosses the capital on a city bike, extravagant party-goers strike memorable silhouettes during gay pride, children frolic in city fountains on a steamy summer day, and aging friends enjoy an aperitif at Les Deux Magots. The Parisian landscape is illuminated through photographs of the snow-covered Canal Saint-Martin at night, the Ferris wheel at the Place de la Concorde, a balloon launch at the July Column, and a Bastille Day aerial parade of military planes leaving ribbons of blue, white, and red smoke in their wake. Rare glimpses behind the scenes include a table set for intimate dining in the Salon des Ambassadeurs at the Presidential Élysée Palace, the empty stage at the Opéra-Comique, or a taxidermist at work at the natural history museum. From amateur fashionistas strutting their stuff to tourists posing with masterpieces in the Louvre to miniature dogs in miniature coats, this is an authentic portrait of Paris today.

About this title

Review:

"A distinctly 'Guilbertian' world, the realm of the off-beat and bizarre, the incongruous, and the unexpected. [Like] Sempe with a dash of Doisneau, Tati, [and] Monty Python [Nicholas Guilbert] has an eye fueled by insatiable curiosity, childlike wonder, gentle indulgence, and amused irony."
-Antoine de Caunes

"Paris! Paradise! As bold as the neon sign for a burlesque show at the Moulin Rouge, [this book is] the perfect antidote to the perennially popular, self-depracating Parisian sport of 'Paris bashing.'"
-Cecile Guilbert

About the Author:

Nicolas Guilbert is a French painter, photographer, and graphic designer. His work has been published in Le Monde, Le Nouvel Observateur, Senso, Citizen K, and books devoted to his photography. Antoine de Caunes is a French television and cinema personality. He appeared in the BBC2 television series Rapido, and created Eurotrash with Jean Paul Gaultier for Channel 4. He presented the 38th César Awards. Cécile Guilbert is an author and literary critic who has published several books. She received the Prix Médicis for Warhol Spirit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Flammarion
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 2080202375
• ISBN 13: 9782080202376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328