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Porte d'Ivry, Zoniers
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 1912; print 1920s
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- a1e8042e-61c8-4e10-812e-1c88a22b5a02
From the Getty Museum record
This basket maker, a resident of the no-man's-land that existed just outside the old Paris city walls, paused in his work so that Eugène Atget could photograph him. Seated in front of his shack with his raw materials and finished goods, this humble tradesman lived in an area that many poor people, especially junk collectors, called home. The fence along the right side and behind the dwelling shows that property in this village was clearly demarcated and more secure than many of the city's slums. Atget's extensive documentation of Parisians excluded the wealthy in favor of the poor, for whom he was genuinely concerned.
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