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From the coauthor of My Life in France, a revealing selection of photographs taken by Paul Child that document his and Julia Child’s years in France
Through intimate and compelling photographs taken by her husband Paul Child, a gifted photographer, France is a Feast documents how Julia Child first found out French cooking and the French way of living. Paul and Julia moved to Paris in 1948 where he was once cultural attaché for america Information Service, and on this role he met Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Brassai, and other leading lights of the photography world. As Julia recalled: “Paris was once wonderfully walkable, and it was once a natural subject for Paul.”
Their wanderings through the French capital and countryside, often photographed by Paul, would lend a hand lead to the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and Julia’s brilliant and celebrated career in books and on tv. Though Paul was once an accomplished photographer (his work is in the selection of the Museum of Up to date Art), his photographs remained out of the public eye until the publication of Julia’s memoir, My Life in France, in which several of his images were included. Now, with more than 200 of Paul’s photographs and personal stories recounted by his great-nephew Alex Prud’homme, France is a Feast not only captures this magical period in Paul and Julia’s lives, but also brings to light Paul Child’s own remarkable photographic achievement.
250 black-and-white photographs