Eugene atget

The obsessive eye of Eugène Atget: Master photographer’s images of “Old Paris” still resonate - Imaging Resource

Eugene Atget (French, 1857–1927), Boulevard de Strasbourg, Corsets, 1912. Gelatin silver chloride print. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1953, 1953–64–40 Eugene Atget (French, 1857–1927),…

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. Acquired through the generosity of Shirley C. Burden, and Family of Man Fund. 1.1969.1544. Photography

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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...

The photographs in Berenice Abbott’s Paris Portraits 1925-1930 document how international the community of modernists was between the wars, and are evidence of Abbott’s first experiments with lighting, angles, and equipment. The portraits’ sparseness only amplifies the ambition they contain—of both subjects and photographer. One of the pleasures of a great portrait is the unending present exposure it offers us, as if the sitter is just about to reveal something. Abbott’s client list is…

Saint Cloud by Eugene Atget

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…

Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Development of MoMA's CollectionEugène Atget1857 - 1927Boutiq