Love on the Left Bank. Ed Van Der Elsken.

"While living in Paris between 1950 and 1954, van der Elsken quickly fell for the attractions of Saint Germain des Prés and the people he found there. He spent most of his time photographing these new friends in cafés, paying particular attention to a kohl-eyed Australian girl named Vali Meyers, his sometime girlfriend. When Edward Steichen, who was in Europe at the time collecting photographs for his Family of Man exhibition, saw van der Elsken's photographs, he suggested that the photographer sequence them into a fictional narrative. Van der Elsken took Steichen's advice and developed a story revolving around Vali and a Mexican student named Manuel, who is in love with her.
Van der Elsken's stream-of-consciousness style was an important influence on post-war European and Japanese photographers. This visual record of life on the left bank set a precedent for later generations of photographers, such as Christer Stromholm, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Nan Goldin,"

This is a facsimile edition printed in Italy and published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in 1991.

Hardcover with dust jacket. As new. Mint condition.