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Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle
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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- 1926
- Medium
- Gelatin silver chloride print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- b69eb3dd-23d4-4810-8f00-f40fd9ed49af
View of a wide street lined by trees. Cars are parked on the road. Shops, a newspaper vendor, and an advertising column are visible on the right.
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