Photography: an alternative view of Paris – in pictures

‘This is a photograph that I took early on… Bastille was totally different then. I lived there, and I just walked in the street taking pictures.’
Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org

‘If you see a dog jumping in a bar you have to take a photo! What you see is what you get.’ Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org

‘These kids were dancing in the street to a CD… as kids do.’ Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org

Untitled photograph by JH Engstrom from the book Sketch Of Paris Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org

The book mixes colour and black and white. Engström explains: ‘I want to be thrown between two energies.’ Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org

Untitled photograph by JH Engstrom from the book Sketch Of Paris Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org

The body of work combines to present a raw yet lyrical portrayal of misadventures, loves, and random encounters Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org

The book reveals the rough edges and blurred lines of a true portrait Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org

Another intimate bar moment from the book Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org

Engstrom shirked the Paris of well-thumbed tourist guides in favour of its more gritty side Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.orh

A woman and child Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org