Time spent in Paris between 1949 and 1953 influenced Frank’s art and life, and stayed with him for decades. In 1949 Frank produced a seminal volume in his oeuvre: a rare, personal photobook made for his then-girlfriend. In "Mary’s Book", the photographer chronicled his time in the city with his poetic, insightful, and inquisitive eye, and experimented for the first time with combining text and image.