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Porte d'Italie, La Bièvre à la sortie de Paris
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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- 1913
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 4261daf5-23d3-48c5-8313-0dd0e07d8250
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View of a river flowing under a stone bridge. The river is bordered on the left by a multi-storey building with a large awning. Cloths are draped over the railing of the awning. Several wooden tubs line the river and planks of wood are piled on top of them. On the right is an embankment with trees.
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