Bookking International
1993
A focused collection of Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken’s Paris images from 1950–1954. This series precedes his Amsterdam work and documents his formative years exploring the city’s bohemian underbelly, capturing figures such as Vali Myers, Jean Cocteau, Edith Piaf and Jean-Paul Sartre. Through these intimate photographs, Elsken chronicles the restless and afflicted spirit of post-war Paris.
Bookking International
1993
A focused collection of Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken’s Paris images from 1950–1954. This series precedes his Amsterdam work and documents his formative years exploring the city’s bohemian underbelly, capturing figures such as Vali Myers, Jean Cocteau, Edith Piaf and Jean-Paul Sartre. Through these intimate photographs, Elsken chronicles the restless and afflicted spirit of post-war Paris.
