The Secret Paris of the 30s / Brassai redactie the parent of children from

the parent of children from a previous marriage

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Emiel van der Maas en Eymert-Jan Goossens

Na een mislukte carrière als hoogleraar legde hij zich geheel toe op het schrijven

The Secret Paris of the 30s / Brassai redactie the parent of children fromThe Secret Paris of the 30s is one of the most remarkable photographic memoirs ever published. For years it was known that Brassai had taken a series of secret photographs' that could not be published because of their daring nature. Alone, or in the company of friends, he discovered the forbidden Paris of the 1930s its brothels, its whores, its pimps, its opium dens the sordid yet bewitching bas monde where high society mingled with the underworld.