Brassai

Brassai-Gyula Halász

 

Brassai was born in Southeast Transylvania, Austria-Hungary in 1889. He and his family moved to Paris for a year while his father taught as a professor. He studied painting and sculpture in Budapest, then joined the Austro-Hungarian army and served until the end of WWI. In 1920 he went to Berlin where he worked as a journalist and also studied painting and sculpture there. In 1924 he officially moved back to Paris and became a journalist there, he also taught himself French by reading the work of Marcel Proust. His interest in photography came by his wonder in the city late at night. 

Gyula got the nickname "Brassai" meaning "from Brasso"

In 1933, Brassai published his first book of photographs titles "Paris by Night" (but in French of course). His work was "the eye of paris". He became famous from his work of photography.