Photo Essays
LIFE Behind the Picture: Children at a Puppet Theater, Paris, 1963
Forget the fabled rudeness of the Parisians. Forget the crowds of tourists who flock to the City of Light in the summer, making the city’s winding streets,...
LIFE at the Liberation of Paris: A Photographer’s Story
In the long, cruel struggle of World War II, opportunities for jubilation were scarce. But even among the era’s handful of “wish you were there” moments — the...
Shock Value: Inside Paris’ Grand Guignol Theater, 1947
Haunted houses are, of course, a Halloween staple. Ghosts, ghouls, pirates (why pirates?) and other assorted creatures pop out from beneath floorboards, hang...
Anish Kapoor's Leviathan in Paris
The artist erects an enormous inflatable piece inside the Grand Palais
In Paris, the Shock of Chic
The Paris fall, 2008 collections confirmed that a more subdued, razor-sharp, chic vibe is coming back into fashion, displacing last season's softer more romantic...
Flying Machines: The 2011 Paris Air Show
The biennial event kicks off at Le Bourget Airport
Paris Expands
The areas around the French capital are adapting to entice tourists and revitalize the suburbsPhotographs for TIME by Emmanuel Fradin
Paris Lightening Up
Designers showing their spring, 2009 collections this week are looking to futuristic textures, light-as-air fabrics and a barely-there blush colored palette to...
The Couture Shows: Paris in Mourning
Tough economic times take their toll on the French Haute Couture houses. As Christian Lacroix shows what may be his last collection and other designers curtail...
Paris in Springtime with Nicky
The Hilton sisters get a major makeover, starting with the season's ladylike new looks
Paris Couture Cleans Up
A handful of haute couturiers put French craftsmanship on display this week, with a nod to 1930s glamour, minimalist white, and a devil-may-care attitude about...
Paris' Big Andy Warhol Show
Spend 15 minutes looking through the world's biggest ever exhibit of Warhol's portraits
The Great 1908 New York-to-Paris Automobile Race
On July 30, 1908, the Thomas Flyer crossed the finish line of a car race that had traversed three continents in 169 days. One hundred years later, a group of...
Paris Couture: Still Riding High
What recession? That was the mood at the Paris Haute Couture spring, 2008 collections as designers celebrated the glorious excesses of handcrafted clothing and...
