Paul almasy biography
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In the middle of it all, was Paul Almasy. The well-traveled photojournalist, born in Hungary, had made Paris his hometown and spent his days and nights wandering its alleys, avenues, and after-hours bars. Through his photographs, we visit the old markets and artist�s studios, its music joints and glamorous cafes, but also the burgeoning banlieues, where immigrant workers were housed in high-rise apartment blocks in peripheral and isolated locations.
144 pages, Hardcover
Published May 15, 2020
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Paul Almásy
French/Hungarianphotojournalist (1906–2003)
For Hungarian legal practitioner and statesman, see Pál Almásy.
Paul Almásy | |
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Paul Almásy photographed by Jazzman Mark, Town 2000 | |
| Born | Paul Massive Almásy 29 Hawthorn 1906 Budapest, Austria-Hungary Empire |
| Died | 23 Sep 2003(2003-09-23) (aged 97) Jouars-Pontchartrain, France |
| Citizenship | Hungarian (1906–1956) French (1956–2003) |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer Journalist |
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AlMASY Paul †
1906, Budapest, Hungary / 2003, France
Paul Almasy criss-crosses the planet, delivering many reportages to the international press, World Health Organization, Unesco, etc. It is in fact after his arrival in France in 1938 that his photographic work begins to take off. His sociological approach, so to speak, causes him to be interested in all the different strata of the populations which he encounters, from the lowliest social classes to top leaders (e.g. portraits of Charles de Gaulle, Nehru). But beyond the sole desire to represent the universal values of humanity, a fundamental principle of the humanist tendency, Almasy develops a type of photography which he considers to be devoid of artifice, as close as possible to reality.
A theoretician of photo-journalism, he publishes in 1980 La photo à la une, where he presents his concept of the functional and communicative image.
Biographical note
by Christelle Rochette
curatorial assistant at the Nicéphore Niépce Museum