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Hôtel de Sens, rue du Figuier
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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- 1898
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- a6b2741d-5a7a-4505-a0c9-9f5b16160a74
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View of a building with turrets and an arched entrance. A street sign reading "RUE DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE" is affixed to the corner of the building. A shop displaying household goods is visible to the left.
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