Eugène Atget
Atget
MOMA, New York, USA, 2000
John Szarkowski
pages 224
first edition
dimensions 30.5 × 25.5 cm, hardcover with jacket
language German
ISBN 0-87070-094-4
pages 224
first edition
dimensions 30.5 × 25.5 cm, hardcover with jacket
language German
ISBN 0-87070-094-4
ARTISTS
Eugène Atget
Pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. He began selling his city subjects around Paris, until the National Library of France took notice of him and bought the entire collection of his photos.
Pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. He began selling his city subjects around Paris, until the National Library of France took notice of him and bought the entire collection of his photos.