The master of the bizarre

To say Brassai was hugely talented would be a understanding.He excelled as both draughtsman and sculptor.He was a talented writer who would turn his hand to journalism.

Over the years, he won friendship of countless artists.But it is above all his work as a photographer which was won him a place in history,as the consummate observer of Pairs

The night become his intimate companion and his photographic work is inhabited by a unique kind tenderness.

Brassai's great life was his capacity for responding to the slighter hint from the outside world. He acted as both receiver and reflector of energy around his.He seems to have exited in a state of permanent availability.

as John Szarkowski(director of MOMA NY)said "In the late 1930s European photographer was dominated by two main figures: Cartier -Bresson,the master of classical proportion,and Brassai ,the master of the bizarre"