Paris: Portrait of a City

by Fiona Weinreb, Fiona Biddulph, Matthew Weinreb

There's a magnificent colored glass skylight pictured on a double spread in this book that was photographed not in a cathedral but a department store. On the very next page is the highly distinctive... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714834556
• ISBN13: 9780714834559
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

great book - bad cover

The photos in this book are beautiful. The information in this book is excellent. The cover on this book is terrible. I opened this book a few times and the cover fell off the book. I re-glued the cover and the problem with that is the old glue marks show. Improve the cover and this is a completely wonderful book about Paris.

Paris From Another Perspective

This little book of photos by Matthew Weinreb is perfect to take along for inspiration while visiting Paris. Matthew Weinreb takes extraordinary photographs of the beautiful city of Paris from many different perspectives and angles. He allows the city of Paris to come alive and show off all of the little intricate details that make this city so mesmerizing. The Eiffel looks like lace, Notre Dame becomes a sanctuary of light, doors to Parisian buildings become entrances of art, towers, stain glass, bridges and domes become perfect masterpieces. If you have ever been to Paris this book will transport you back in time with beautiful memories or it will inspire you to visit the city in order to find your own inspirational moments. Weinreb will certainly aid in rousing a better view of this city of light. His photographs will romance you and might even convince you to take a few of your own in a different light, changing forever your future scrapbooks.

Beautiful photographs with a focus on architectural detail

If you are the kind of person whose travel photos contain lots of shots of interesting doors, building facades and architectural details you should find this book delightful. The book contains a large number of color photos and also some very interesting short paragraphs on the history of building styles and design in Paris.