https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/files/original/3/6950/BrassaiA-Fargue72Box.jpg fefc8b390882919a1052fdd8614c732b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Covering Photography Main Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Photographer Photographer Brassaï Author Author of the book upon which the photograph appears Fargue, Léon-Paul Book Genre Poetry Photograph Title Title of photograph Léon-Paul Fargue, 1032-33 (small detail) Notes Notes associated with the item This rather oddly composed cover consists of a small detail of a portrait of Léon-Paul Fargue by Brassaï, isolating the face of the Symbolist poet and essayist, framed within a narrow rectangle, as if he is peeping through the mail slot of someone's front door. Brassaï made it his business to know, and photograph, most of the artists and writers in Paris of the 1920s and '30s, when it was the world's cultural capitol. Of the writers, most of the well-known Brassaï portraits are of <a href="https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+empty&advanced%5B1%5D%5Belement_id%5D=52&advanced%5B1%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B1%5D%5Bterms%5D=Genet%2C+Jean&collection=&type=&tags=&user=&public=&featured=&search=">Jean Genet</a> and <a href="https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/items/show/6978">Henry Miller</a>, who like Fargue and Brassaï himself, were inveterate night-owls. To view an uncropped version of Brassai's photo from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, click <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/262717">here</a>. To view the full cover spread for this book, scroll down and click on "Multiple Views". Photo Genre Genre of Photograph Portrait Designer Designer of book cover Not listed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poésies Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Gallimard Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003