Paris Style. ICONS

PARIS THEN AND NOWA CENTURY AGO, EUGENE ATGET ROAMED THE STREETS OF PARIS, PHOTOGRAPHING THE CITY INSIDE AND OUT. BRINGING TOGETHER HIS SPLENDID, ROMANTIC PORTRAITS OF AUTHENTIC OLD PARIS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONTEMPORARY INTERIORS, THIS COMPILATION EXPLORES THE CITY FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, REVEALING ITS ENDURING CHARACTERISTICS AND DISTINCTIVE STYLE.

Angelika Taschen studied art history and German literature in Heidelberg, gaining her doctorate in 1986. Working for Taschen since 1987, she has published numerous titles on the themes of architecture, photography, design, contemporary art, interiors, and travel.

Christiane Reiter, a freelance author based in Berlin and Switzerland, studied journalism at the University of Eichstatt and worked as a travel editor for Ringier Publishing in Munich and Zurich. She then established the travel section of the newly founded Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.