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Authors, works and languages of the image
Brassaï
Tersicore, late 40s

"Tersicore", late 40s. © Brassaï .
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Introduction
Universally known for having immortalized the nocturnal underbelly of Paris, in this specific visual inquiry, Brassaï shifts his lens from the damp cobblestones of the boulevards to the smoky, intimate backstage areas of the ballet world. The image, enigmatic and profoundly evocative, captures a moment of stasis, an unheroic pause consumed far from the limelight.
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