Picture Paris in the 1930s and a photo of Brassaï’s likely comes to mind. The Hungarian-French photographer (born Gyula Halász, who was also a sculptor, medalist, writer and filmmaker) kept his eye focused on the city of love between the two world wars.

The frames he captured—of artist friends like Picasso and Henri Matisse, of sex workers, of foggy nighttime scenes and social get-togethers at cafés, of anonymous lovers in the street—continue to represent the complexities of the city at that time.

His candid intimacy continues to strike a chord with photography lovers and curators, including those at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A show of the artist’s work, simply titled Brassaï, is on view at the museum through February 18, 2019. Expect some of the best-known work and never-before-seen photographs from one of the most revered photographers of the 20th century.

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