Post-War Paris through the eyes of photojournalist Paul Almasy

One of the great chroniclers of 1950s and 1960s Paris, Paul Almasy, born in 1906, took about 120,000 black-and-white photos before he died at the age of 97.

Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Fairground, circa 1960

Almasy, from Hungary, studied political science in Austria and Germany.

During World War Two, as a Swiss press correspondent based in Monaco, he reported from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France, describing Paris as a city of "past, present, and future".

Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Passenger in the metro station Abbesses, circa 1965

Almasy adopted Paris as his home after the capital's liberation in 1945 and became a French citizen in 1956, following the failed uprising against the Soviet-backed Hungarian government.

Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Woman in a street cafe, place Saint-Michel, circa 1956

He used a Leica and, later, a Rollei twin-lens reflex camera.

Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Bill sticker, 1950s

Post-War Paris was a place of developing culture and thought in areas such as literature, philosophy, fashion and New Wave cinema.

Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Young couple, Vert-Galant, Île de la Cité, 1961

From 1952, Almasy worked for international organisations, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization.

Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Nuns of the Order of St Vincent, 1952

A new book, Paris: The City of Light in the 50s & 60s, focuses on Almasy's photos.

Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Taxi driver, Place Pigalle, 1958 Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Café La Colisée, Champs-Élysées, 1956 Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Venue de l'Opéra, 1950s Image copyright Paul Almasy / teNeues Image caption Romy Schneider and Alain Delon, 1961

The City of Light in the 50s & 60s is published by teNeues

All photographs courtesy teNeues.