Epicerie Fruterie

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Epicerie Fruterie

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French Photographer · 1857–1927

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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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Date: 1912
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Leeks, cauliflower, cabbage, and garlic were but a few of the vegetables available from this unpretentious grocery store on an unknown Parisian street. Fruits, momentarily shaded from the sun by burlap covers, were also available. To keep the woven baskets used in the display from upset or theft, the owner threaded a cord through them and attached it to the plank shelving.

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