Kertész photographed Parisian artists and intellectuals in their studios and homes during the same era, producing gelatin silver prints with a similarly intimate and atmospheric quality that documented the cultural life of 20th century Paris.

Man Ray created iconic portrait photographs of major modernist artists including Matisse within the Parisian art world, sharing Brassaï's approach to atmospheric studio documentation and capturing pivotal figures of 20th century art history.

Freund specialized in deeply humanistic portrait photography of celebrated artists and writers in their personal working environments, producing images with the same sense of intimacy, historical significance, and atmospheric presence found in Brassaï's studio portraits.