Born in 1928 in Abbazia, which was then Italy but is now Croatia, Frank Horvat is an internationally renowned fashion photographer, who has recently celebrated fifty years experience in the field.
He moved to Paris in 1955. From between 1957 to 1962 he was traveling between Paris, London and New York, working for Jardin des Modes, Elle, Glamour, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, etc.
Throughout these years he has not only embraced fashion photography, but also been unafraid to experiment and adapt to new technologies, transcending the confines of photographic borders.
Below is a collection of 28 amazing black and white photographs of Paris taken by Frank Horvat in 1956...
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| Christmas shoppers near Galeries Lafayette |
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| Saint-Lazare area |
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| Traffic congestion |
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| Champs Élisées |
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| Pedestrians crossing |
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| Metro station at Strasbourg Saint-Denis |
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| Place Concorde |
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| Avenue des Champs Élisées |
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| Avenue Carnot |
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| Châtelet |
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| Porte Saint-Denis |
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| République area |
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| Pont des Invalides |
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| Parc Monceau |
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| Pont des Arts |
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| Eiffel Tower |
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| Pedestrians seen from the Eiffel Tower |
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| A wall of the Panthéon seen from Notre Dame |
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| Place de l'Étoile area |
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| Ile Saint-Louis |
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| Rooftops |
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| Dolls |
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| Girl on bench |
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| Saint-Michel area |
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| Bois de Boulogne, prostitutes |
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| Lingerie shop window |
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| Hat competition |
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| Policeman at place de la Concorde |