Publish-Battle Paris thru the eyes of photojournalist Paul Almasy

One amongst the enormous chroniclers of 1950s and 1960s Paris, Paul Almasy, born in 1906, took about 120,000 sunless-and-white photos earlier than he died at the age of 97.

A woman on a fairground ride with three men — Image caption

Fairground, circa 1960

Almasy, from Hungary, studied political science in Austria and Germany.

One day of World Battle Two, as a Swiss press correspondent basically based entirely in Monaco, he reported from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France, describing Paris as a city of „past, original, and future“.

A man sits and waits on a Metro platform with a giant poster behind him — Image caption

Passenger in the metro pickle Abbesses, circa 1965

Almasy adopted Paris as his home after the capital’s liberation in 1945 and grew to turn into a French citizen in 1956, following the failed uprising in opposition to the Soviet-backed Hungarian authorities.

A woman drinks a coffee and reads a newspaper as she sits outside a cafe — Image caption

Girl in a avenue cafe, place apart Saint-Michel, circa 1956

He customary a Leica and, later, a Rollei twin-lens reflex digicam.

man stands on a ladder and puts up a billboard poster — Image caption

Bill sticker, 1950s

Publish-Battle Paris turned into once a spot apart of developing culture and belief in areas such as literature, philosophy, model and Original Wave cinema.

A couple kiss as they lean against a wall — Image caption

Young couple, Vert-Galant, Île de la Cité, 1961

From 1952, Almasy labored for world organisations, alongside with the United Countries Academic, Scientific and Cultural Group and the World Health Group.