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Rue du Chevalier de la Barre
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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- 1923
- Medium
- Gelatin silver chloride print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- d153123d-aae8-4c62-8628-b3a5ffa27fa2
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View of a narrow street with a domed church at the far end. On the left, an easel with a painting of the church stands on the sidewalk with paint supplies on the ground. A bell tower topped by a Christian cross is visible on the right-hand side of the street.
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