Love on the left bank

ED VAN DER ELSKEN
LOVE ON THE LEFT BANK

Published by Tokyo shoseki / Nadiff Ltd, 1998
Book size 19.5 x 27.5 x 1.7 cm
Pages 112 pages
Hardcover with dust jacket
Language Japanese
ISBN 4-487-79406-4
The corners of the cover lightly damaged

Love on the left bank is a storytelling photographic exploration into the 1950s Paris, where photographer Ed van der Elsken used to live from 1950 to 1954. With this series of photos he's telling a fictional love story taking place in the bohemian Parisian young generation. During the years the French capital was seen as a place where the cultural and creative agenda was determined and Ed van der Elsken took the opportunity to document its life and love.

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"Love on the left bank" is a narrative photographic exploration in 1950s Paris, where photographer Ed van der Elsken lived from 1950 to 1954. With this series of photos, he tells a fictional love story set in the Paris of the young bohemian generation. Over the years, the capital has been seen as a place where the cultural and creative agenda was determined and Ed van der Elsken took the opportunity to document life and love in this city.