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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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- 1926
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 27e82821-c9e2-4c39-aa83-2319811533d1
View of a cobblestoned lane with fenced garden allotments to the left. The allotments are surrounded by a cluster of buildings, including a stone building on the far left and a modern building with a row of windows. Several bare trees are visible. On the right is a multi-storey building with low decorative grates in front of the windows. Chimneys are visible in the distance.
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