This photograph by Sabine Weiss captures a “private” moment of two couples on a bench in Paris at night.

Weiss, a Swiss-French photographer and key figure in the humanist photography movement, was renowned for documenting the poetry of everyday life, with her work exhibited at venues like the Centre Pompidou.

Here, two couples kiss, their intimacy illuminated by streetlights against a blurred urban backdrop, evoking the romantic essence of Paris.

In 1954, during the Trente Glorieuses, Paris was a city of renewal and romance, its boulevards and parks serving as stages for love and connection, a spirit Weiss beautifully preserved in her timeless black-and-white images.

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