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Photographer Eugene Atget dedicated much of his life to capturing street scenes of Paris as it was transformed from a crowded medieval city into the modern metropolis it is today.
Eugène Atget. Luxembourg. 1898-1900. Albumen silver print. 8 3/8 × 7 1/16" (21.2 × 18 cm). Abbott-Levy Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Shirley C. Burden, and Family of Man Fund. 1.1969.1608. Photography
Eugène Atget (February 12, 1857 – August 4, 1927) was a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris. An inspiration for the surrealists and other artists, his work only gained wide attention after his death. Born outside the French city of Bordeaux, he was orphaned at seven and raised by his uncle. In the 1870s, after finishing his education, Atget briefly became a sailor and cabin boy on liners in the Transatlantic. Between 1897 and…
Eugène Atget. Magasin, avenue des Gobelins. 1925. Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print. 8 1/4 × 6 1/2" (21 × 16.7 cm). Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden. 1.1969.1544. Photography
Eugène Atget (1857–1927) was a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris. Eugène Atget roamed the streets with his bulky large format camera, systematically cataloguing turn-of-the-century Old Paris down to the very smallest details. His skilled, wonderfully atmospheric photos of Paris's parks, buildings, streets, store windows, prostitutes, workers, and even door handles are a joy to behold. Boulevard de Strasbourg, 1912 © George…
Eugène Atget (French: [adʒɛ]; 12 February 1857 – 4 August 1927) was a French flâneur[1] and a pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his...
