The frenetic enchantment of New York City

For half a century, French photojournalist Jean-Pierre Laffont has diligently documented his beloved adopted city

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Crowds pack into St. Patrick's Cathedral for Pope John II's first visit to New York in 1979.
(Image credit: From New York City Up and Down, by Jean-Pierre Laffont copyright 2017.)
(Image credit: (From New York City Up and Down, by Jean-Pierre Laffont copyright 2017, published by Glitterati Incorporated.)But this, of course, is its allure — and what drew French Algerian photojournalis)

(Image credit: Jean-Pierre Laffont shares his cameras with children from Bedford-Stuyvesant.)

(Image credit: Riverside Park and 81st Street. Sophie and Elyzabeth Markevitch look through the gate at a train passing under Riverside Park.)

(Image credit: In the early 1970s, the city experienced 250 serious fires a day. The Fire Department of the City of New York has served the city since 1865.)

(Image credit: On the one-year anniversary of its Broadway debut, the cast of the rock musical Hair gave a free performance in Central Park. Several of its songs became anti-Vietnam War anthems.)

(Image credit: Robin Williams does a street performance in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.)

(Image credit: A massive crowd packs the inside and outside of the church on Pope John Paul II's first visit to New York City.)

New York City Up and Down, by Jean-Pierre Laffont copyright 2017, published by Glitterati Incorporated.**I'll be hosting a conversation with Jean-Pierre Laffont at the Melville Gallery in New York for a book signing on Friday, Oct. 13 as part of The Week Live event series. Click here for more information or to purchase tickets.**

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

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