Paris in 500 Photos

By Maurice Subervie

Book Overview

A lavishly illustrated tour of Paris depicts the city from a range of perspectives, from its Seine quays, to the Montmartre stairs, to the nighttime lights of the Champs +lyseTs. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2080304267
• ISBN13: 9782080304261
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 2.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

I am a keen photogrpher and have a number of picture books on Paris. Most are bigger and more expensive - none have as many photos. The overall photo quality is great - incredibly sharp images. Well worth buying despite the paper back size and relatively unimpressive cover.

Anniversary present

Paris is where my son proposed to his girlfriend. she is now his wife and I sent them this book as a reminder of this most romantic of cities!

For those who love Paris, a must-buy

I bought this book for $50 simply on the strength of reviews. They're right. Although it's only in paperback - a bad decision by the publisher -the photos are absolutely amazing. The coolest thing about it is that you can tell that the photographer's a Parisian, almost all the photos are of kind of nooks and crannies of Paris and Parisian people; they look like the sorts of sights that only come into view once you've lived a long time there. That's what makes this book so cool though - the photographer has a tremendous eye and feel for the "Frenchness" and "Parisian-ness" that makes Paris arguably the most beautiful city in the world. An absolutely great book!

Drinking in Paris in 500 Photos

This book has few words and no space wasted in lavish layout. Just a hefty little paperback (about the size of the Insight travel series but twice as thick) with page after page of terrific Paris scenes. Many of the photographs are full-paged, some are double-paged. Brief captions are included and often indicate the camera location when appropriate (e.g., shots from atop Samaritaine or Montparnasse Tower).The photography is artful without being self-consciously arty. It shows ~Paris~, not precious images that might have been cleverly shot anywhere. Most of the shots are exterior. The famous landmarks are well covered, and from views quite a bit fresher than your average postcard. Other photos show the city in spots not quite so well known. They are all wonderful.I am obsessed with Paris and buy everything I can find in the way of physically depicting the city -- every kind of photo book, aerial photography, satellite imagery, maps, architectural guides, travel books, etc. I have some grand [and costly] coffee table books. But I have nothing that I enjoy more than this little paperback.