Paris in the 1920s was abuzz with jazz, fashion, and art. The city became a living canvas for creativity and new beginnings, ...

The pictures he made there chronicle not the cheerful, bawdy Paris of the popular imagination, but a place that, as LIFE told its readers, was a “grim and depressing disappointment” for any ...

Swimming in the Seine is now possible - the proof is in the pictures! As pledged, the Mayor of Paris took a dip in the Parisian river at the Quai de la Tournelle, facing Île Saint-Louis, after water ...