Brassai - Les Escaliers de Montmartre

Do you remember, Les Escaliers de Montmartre, by Teo Tarras? Here is how Brassaï saw them.

When you meet the man you see at once that he is equipped with no ordinary eyes (Henry Miller on Brassaï)

I'm looking on the web (vainly, I'm afraid) for a poster that I have in my apartment - the same Escaliers de Montmartre, two lovers in a hug, a kid looking at them with teasing eyes, an adult is stepping up, looking in an indefinite direction - the photo is dated 1950 - only there is no indication about the author.

I bought it in New Hope, a small town on the borders of Delaware, not very far from Philadelphia. It used to be a town for artists, and it kept something of their spirit - you feel it as you are wandering through the small galleries and bistros. It was a time when I was visiting New Hope quite often. Here is a pub in New Hope, from old times. It seems people were having fun in the old times...






(Philadelphia)