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Coin de la rue Valette et Panthéon
Creator
Eugène AtgetFrench Photographer · 1857–1927
All works by this person →Eugène Atget never called himself a photographer; instead he preferred "author-producer." A private, almost reclusive man, Atget first tried his hand at painting and acting, then began to photograph *vieux Paris* (Old Paris) in 1898. He photographed in part to create "documents," as he called his photographs, of architecture and urban views, but he supported himself by selling these photographs to
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- negative 1925; print 1978
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 6f9b2903-3293-4912-8acc-da38135897f4
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View of a cobblestoned urban street with the Panthéon in the distance. On the left is a row of apartment buildings with chimneys. Cracks are visible on the facades. On the right is the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. A street lantern is visible on the footpath.
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