Yvon’s Paris
Monday, June 14th, 2010
The photographer Pierre Yves-Petit, who called himself “Yvon,” wandered the streets of Paris between the world wars looking for the moment when the shifting light and clouds would perfectly reveal the city’s ephemeral, iconic beauty. The dramatic images of the city and its people that he made during those years would become the most popular postcards in France.
These images are fabulous, they make me want to get to Paris immediately with small camera in hand and the great part is, they’re some of the earliest images that were turned into postcards that brought Paris to people in other parts of the world. Yvon channelled Paris beautifully.
Robert Stevens’ book of Yvon’s work can be bought on Amazon: Yvon’s Paris.
beautiful pictures, did you buy the book? Paris is beautiful such an amazing city too bad the french live there;)…
What beautiful, sublime images Yvon took of Paris. I’d never heard of this superb photographer; it’s great that Robert Stevens is championing his work and guided the book through to publication. Thanks for pointing us to the story about Yvon in Lens!
Edward, I did order the book. It should be here in a few days.
Gary, yes, Stevens’ writing is part of the reason I bought the book, he’s excellent.