'Left Bank': Agnes Poirier captures the art, passion and rebirth of Paris

If you were to ask today, “Where is the intellectual and artistic capital of the world?” I would guess several answers would be offered and debated: New York? London? Berlin?

Or perhaps it is now a meaningless question in an increasingly global society where ideas and movements can be communicated at the tap of a keyboard, and artistic exchanges between East and West, North and South are seen as both desirable and commonplace.