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Ancien Collège de Chanac, 12 rue de Bièvre
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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- 1900
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 9c375876-2f98-45a0-820b-5f21ac25d18d
View of a young girl standing on a balcony of an apartment building with open doors behind her. A second balcony with closed doors is visible to her right. Between the two balconies, there is a sculpture on the facade of the building of a winged figure holding a cross. Below, large doors are visible with the number "12" to the right.
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