Brassaï, The Secret Signs of Paris, English edition

Catalog from the exhibition Brassaï - Paris' Secret Signs, shown at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm April 26, 2026 - October 4, 2026. 

Brassaï is one of history's most famous photographers. In the early 1930s, he went out with his camera on long night walks through Paris. The depictions of the people and environments that emerged when darkness fell over the city became his breakthrough.

The exhibition Paris' Secret Signs is the first major presentation of Brassaï in Sweden. Brassaï (1899–1984) was born in Hungary, but it was France – and especially Paris – that became his home. Here he initiated a new era in photography with his penetrating images of the city. During his walks, he also discovered street graffiti, which he began to document. 

The catalog reproduces all of the exhibition's more than 160 photographs and includes, among other things, a text by Brassaï himself, as well as a newly written essay by the French author Nina Bouraoui.

Writers: Nina Bouraoui, Brassaï, Philippe Ribeyrolles, Anna Tellgren

Editor: Anna Tellgren
Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Language: English
Graphic design: Malmsten Hellberg
Format: 21.7 × 28 cm
Number of pages: 208
Number of images: approx. 160

ISBN 978-91-988136-1-6

Published in collaboration with Silvana Editoriale, Milan