Ed van der Elsken’s Love on the Left Bank – in pictures

First published in 1954, Love on the Left Bank has just been reprinted by British publisher Dewi Lewis. It follows the fictional story of Ann, a bohemian living in Paris, and is one of the first photobooks to record the birth of rebellious youth culture in Europe
  
  


Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Life on the Parisian party scene
Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken/Dewi Lewis Publishing
Photograph: Action images
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Bohemian friends (and felines) Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Cafe culture in bohemian Paris Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Underground world ... sleeping on the Paris metro Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Love blossoms on the Left Bank Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Love on the Left Bank tells the fictional story of Ann and her circle of friends Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Life as an exotic dancer in Paris Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Ann applies her makeup Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Vali Myers, who plays Ann, was a dancer and artist, who arrived in Paris in 1949
Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
Photograph: Action images
Love on the Left Bank: Love on the Left Bank
Vali Myers as Ann Photograph: Ed Van Der Elsken / Dewi Lewis Publishing
 

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