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[Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Place du Panthéon]
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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- 1890–1905
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- d78a6874-a8e8-438d-bc49-bfb621055fa0
View of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, from Place du Panthéon. The entrance comprises double doors, set in a stone arch, with decorative columns on either side. A relief of laurels or garlands lines the building's facade. Above the entrance, a flag hangs from a pole. Names are inscribed in stone on the upper levels of the building. Street lanterns are visible on the footpath.
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