Night Photography of the 20s & 30s

All images found at Vanity Fair

 

There's something about images of the 1920's & 30's that makes my heart skip a beat. Almost a feeling of nostalgia, as if I've been there before... Strange, I know, but that's how I feel. I'm loving these night scenes from some of Europe's pioneers in photography: Brassaï, Ilse Bing, Robert Doisneau, and André Kertész. Wish I could make it to New York to see them up close at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery.

~ Clare x

Credits:
André Kertész, Eiffel Tower (Summer Storm), 1927, 1927
André Kertész, At the Bobino, Paris, 1932
Brassaï, ens du Milieu, 1932
Brassaï, Paris, Canal Saint-Martin, c. 1931

Ilse Bing, Can Can Dancer, Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1933

Ilse Bing, Orchestra Pit, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, 1933

Robert Doisneau, Jeu du Trapeze Aerien, Paris, 1949

Robert Doisneau, The Stairway, 1952

Robert Doisneau, Untitled (no date)