Eugène Atget (1857–1927)
Author of Atget's Paris
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Works by Eugène Atget
Eugène Atget's Trees: Newly Discovered Photographs from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (2003) — Photographer — 6 copies
Eugène Atget : Retrospektive ; [erscheint zur Ausstellung "Atget, une Rétrospective", veranstaltet von der… (2007) 6 copies
Paris : Eugène Atget 1857-1927 5 copies
Atget: Photographe de Paris 2 copies
Eugène Atget. 3, Schlösser und Gärten des Ancien Régime / John Szarkowski ; Maria Morris Hambourg (1984) 2 copies
Eugène Atget (1857-1927) : das alte Paris : [Ausstellung, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, 30.8.-1.10.1978 : Katalog (1978) 2 copies
Eugene Atget 1 copy
Atget's churches 1 copy
Atget 1 copy
Six Photographs 1 copy
Lichtbilder 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Atget, Eugène
- Other names
- Atget, Eugene
- Birthdate
- 1857-02-12
- Date of death
- 1927-08-04
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Libourne, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Place of death
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Places of residence
- Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Paris, Île-de-France, France - Occupations
- photographer
actor
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Reviews
Eugène Atget: Masters of Photography Series… by Aperture
The introduction provides a brief but informative introduction to the work of Atget. The photos selected for this volume are representative but not necessarily his best. Still, I found nine that I marked for a revisit the next time I pull this volume off the shelf. I particularly appreciated Bar De Cabaret (page 25), Pont des Belles Fontaines, Juvisy (page 33), and Storefront (page 67)
½
Looking at early photographs is fascinating, but there is nothing in particular that makes this short collection stand out.
I love small book collections of photography and this one is a little gem. The first few pages are a nice, brief biography of the photographer and most of the photos are kept to one page, which makes them much easier to see. On the opposite side of each photos is a description of where, when and what as well as a brief critique of each image and inspiration.
The images themselves are haunting and evocative, giving a strong sense of the time and place and Atget's sense of light and shadows is amazing. They have both a timeless feeling and a sense of a time and place that is long gone, which I find fascinating and keeps me going back and looking at each photo over and over again.… (more)
The images themselves are haunting and evocative, giving a strong sense of the time and place and Atget's sense of light and shadows is amazing. They have both a timeless feeling and a sense of a time and place that is long gone, which I find fascinating and keeps me going back and looking at each photo over and over again.… (more)
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