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Cour Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre
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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- 1899–1900
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- f672685c-fe20-41c4-b429-d4f11aa76174
From the Getty Museum record
View of a paved courtyard bordered by buildings. On the left is a multi-storey stone building with open windows. Graffiti is visible on the exterior of the building and the small roof above the entrance is in disrepair. To the right of the building, a stone wall and the ruins of what appear to be a church are visible. A large iron cage rests on a stone plinth in the courtyard.
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