战后的巴黎带来了文化和思想的蓬勃发展。新浪潮乐队（Nouvelle Vague）改变了法国电影的风格，年轻的女装设计师重新振兴了法国时尚，存在主义在文学和哲学上蓬勃发展，这座城市兴起了充满活力的爵士乐和摇滚乐。

在这一切中间的是Paul Almasy。这位游历甚广的摄影记者出生于匈牙利，却把巴黎当成他的故乡，日日夜夜徘徊于巴黎的小巷，大街和下班后的酒吧。通过他的照片，我们参观了旧市场和艺术家的工作室，音乐场所和迷人的咖啡馆，还参观了迅速发展的市郊，那里的移民工人被安置在外围和偏僻地区的高层公寓楼中。

Post-war Paris brought a blossoming of culture and thought. The Nouvelle Vague transformed French cinema, young couturiers reinvigorated French fashion, existentialism flourished in literature and philosophy, and the city swung and swayed to a vibrant jazz and rock 'n' roll scene.

In the middle of it all, was Paul Almasy. The well-traveled photojournalist, born in Hungary, had made Paris his hometown and spent his days and nights wandering its alleys, avenues, and after-hours bars. Through his photographs, we visit the old markets and artist’s studios, its music joints and glamorous cafes, but also the burgeoning banlieues, where immigrant workers were housed in high-rise apartment blocks in peripheral and isolated locations.