Montserrat #3

Paris comes alive in this 2006 installment from Julio Ribéra's Paris Liberté series, subtitled Le parfum de l'espoir ("The Perfume of Hope"). The cover, set against a sun-drenched Seine backdrop with the Eiffel Tower rising in the distance, brings together a warm ensemble — a distinguished white-haired man at the center, flanked by a young woman in striped leggings, a woman in a sleek dark outfit cradling a newborn, and a more reserved figure in the background. It's an inviting snapshot of interconnected lives in the City of Light, drawn with Ribéra's characteristically elegant line work.