From Brassaï to William Klein: a luxurious homage to the world's most iconic subway At over 300 pages and with around 250 images, this delightful volume looks at the close relationship between photography and the heyday of the Paris metro, covering over a century of photographic documents. The major figures of photography all snapped the Paris metro, from the humanists--Doisneau, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Boubat, Izis, Kollar, Ronis and more--to photojournalists such as Robert Capa, William Klein and Van der Keuken, in addition to the scores of photojournalists who passed through the city. In 1900, as the first metro rolled from west to east across Paris, from Porte Maillot to Porte de Vincennes, photography had already been around for half a century. Turn-of-the-century technological advances had created smaller, lighter cameras--the first Kodaks--which introduced the practice to a wider market. As Parisians fell in love with their new mode of transport, photography became a more widespread pastime. All genres and photographic practices are represented in this overview, from photojournalism to photo stories, street photography, fashion photography, architectural photography and industrial photography. The resulting volume is a magnificent and charming hybrid: a history of the fascinating development of the Paris metro--long a cultural symbol of France, Art Nouveau and urban technological innovation--in all its diversity, alongside a history of photography in Paris from the early 20th century to the present. The grand epic of the Paris Metro as told in photography. ― Le Nouvel Observateur A moving book, evoking a Paris that one would have loved to know, one that seems to be lost for good. -- Corinne Thorillon ― Paris Match Nostalgia rises to a crescendo in the lovely Paris Metro Photo… in images by the great photographers who immortalized the Metro and its passengers. -- Carlos Pardo ― Le Monde Diplomatique A key element of the Parisian landscape and a part of its architectural heritage, the Metro is also a gateway, a meeting point and a stage for all the actors of the urban theatre. No wonder this unique landscape has been an inspiration for French as well as the world’s greatest photographers. ― Parisien Images The Métro is a world of infinite richness that continues to stimulate vision. From 1900 to the present day, this book offers an anthology of photographs of the Paris Métro. It sets out to reveal to the public―to Métro travelers, especially―the close ties that unite photography and the great epic of the Métropolitain. Photography is closely linked to the history of the Paris Métro: it has tirelessly documented the various stages of the Métro's construction, its major transformations, its works of art, its effect on the city's esthetic, its sociology, its dramas, its poetry... ... While photographers―many of them famous―have done much to spread the Métro's image throughout the world and establish it as a prestigious element of the City of Light's heritage, the Paris Métro and its world have in turn offered photography and its historical development the sources of an exceptional, burgeoning iconography in which a number of masterpieces were born. Anne-Marie Garat est née en 1946 à Bordeaux. Après des études de Lettres, elle poursuit un DEA de Cinéma à l'université de Paris I. S'intéressant à l'expérimentation de la pédagogie de l'image, elle a enseigné le cinéma et la photographie à Périgueux, puis à Paris et dans sa banlieue. Elle fut également chargée de mission, auprès de Jack Lang, pour l'enseignement du cinéma à l'école. Anne-Marie Garat a publié de nombreux articles relatifs à l'image dans plusieurs revues ( Trafic , La Recherche photographique , Les Cahiers du cinéma , plusieurs catalogues d'exposition). Elle participe régulièrement à des colloques universitaires, et donne des conférences en France et à l'étranger. Auteur d'une œuvre littéraire de tout premier plan, Anne-Marie Garat a notamment obtenu le prix Femina pour son roman Aden (Seuil) en 1992. Elle a été très remarquée, ces dernières années, pour sa grande trilogie romanesque, parue chez Actes Sud : Dans la main du diable (2006), L’Enfant des ténèbres (2008) et Pense à demain (2010). Avec cette trilogie, elle relève le défi d'allier exigence littéraire et succès populaire. Derniers titres parus : Programme sensible (2012), La Première Fois (2013, collection “Essences”), et La Source (2015). La Nuit Atlantique , son dernier roman, a paru chez Actes Sud début 2020.