Résumé :
This
is a picture of Paris as the city is today - but it is also a record of
a disappearing world that is fast being replaced by the uniformity of
the high street and the ubiquity of the chainstore.
This lovely
book presents a unique collection of 100 wonderfully evocative
photographs of Paris shops and shop windows accompanied by their own
individual business cards. From the bizarre to the banal, each has a
story to tell - the bookshop L'Introuvable specializes in crime and
tries to recreate the atmosphere of a detective novel; the boutique
Repetto captures childhood dreams of ballet; a shoe repairer displays
rubber boots along its shelves; the shoe shop with the kitsch fake
forest in the background almost invites you to go for a walk.
This is a book for lovers of Paris, lovers of shopping and lovers of 'found' style.