"Yvon's Paris: Vintage Photographs from the 1920s" Exhibition

Higher Pictures

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Higher Pictures presents an exhibition of vintage prints by postcard photographer Pierre Yves Petit. Yvon, as he considered himself, though virtually unknown by name, helped to shape the idea and physical understanding of the evolution of Paris. Through his company, Éditions Yvon, he became what David Dunlap calls “the best-known unknown photographer in France”.

Preferring to photograph at sunrise and sunset, he worked the drama of the sublime, making stunning, hypnotizing and beautiful pictures. Yvonʼs style evokes other flâneurs of the time such as Eugéne Atget, André Kertész and Brassaï.

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from December 16, 2010 to January 29, 2011

Reception For The Artist on 2010-12-16 from 18:00 to 20:00

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