Above Paris: The Aerial Survey of Roger Henrard - Hardcover

Cohen, Jean-Louis

9781568986135: Above Paris: The Aerial Survey of Roger Henrard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568986130 ISBN 13: 9781568986135

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006

Between the years 1950 and 1972, when Paris was in the twilight of its classical period, pilot and photographer Roger Henrard (1900-1975) preserved the city he knew and loved from the seat of a single-engine American army surplus Piper cub. Henrard used a high-speed plate camera to systematically document the city from its outskirts to its center. His photographs show not only Paris's stations, museums, department stores, and housing projects but also its urban tissue and interconnections the tight-knit medieval districts as well as the rectilinear geometry of the Haussmanian boulevards.

Above Paris is Henrard's remarkable study of the urban landscape of Paris and its best-known monuments. Over 350 beautifully printed duotones, grouped by themes such as the course of the Seine, the main roads, the stations, and the neighborhoods of Paris give a clear overview of the city's layout. Maps at the beginning of each chapter further help orient the reader and together with detailed captions and essays by Jean-Louis Cohen make Above Paris a must for anybody interested in Paris or urban design.

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About the Author:

Jean-Louis Cohen is an architect and professor of architectural history at the University of Paris and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Review:

Above Paris provides an intriguing perspective, to make you think aout the city in a different way. It's not a coffee table book: it's much more interesting than that. -- Royal Photographic Society, November 2007

A lavish compilation. . . . Thanks to Henrard's lens, you can see buildings closed to the public, such as Prefecture de Police on the Ile de la Cite, and once-beloved landmarks, such as the markets of Les Halles, which have long since disappeared. -- Men's Vogue, October 2006

From time to time, one reviews a book about photography that is a pleasure to look at and a pleasure to read. This is such a book. -- Choice, Feb. 2007

Informative captions accompany the book's 320 photographs... providing a detailed view of Paris at mid-century. -- The Architect's Newspaper, Dec. 11, 2006

Perfect for the wanderers on your gift list... chronicling the changing face of the metropolis as it spread through the countryside, swallowing villages. -- Edmonton Journal, Dec. 2, 2006

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