Paris In The Sixties

With the passing of the twentieth century into history, the 1960s can be confirmed as one of its most crucial decades, an era of unprecedented social and cultural revolution. Certain world cities - London, Paris, New York and San Francisco - were, in their very different ways, at the vanguard of this global ferment.

This exciting series of books reveals the arts, fashions, passions, people and events in each of these cities during this extraordinary era, by means of candid, striking images by contemporary photographers. The selection of photographs has been made with the advantage of hindsight, and offers both insights and several surprises.

Paris in the Sixties was a volatile place to be, as student unrest took hold of the city, especially in 1968, but it was still a city sizzling with a buzz of creativity in the arts and popular culture - Yves St Laurent, Jeanne Moreau and Serge Gainsbourg. This book's seminal images of the time give a thrilling taste of how it was to live in Paris in this exciting decade.