Eugène Atget - Old Paris

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Eugène Atget - Old Paris

Postby biggerry on Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:32 pm

good stuff apparently..

I will get to this one shortly..

Lose yourself in the beauty of Old Paris with over 200 rare and original prints from the founder of documentary photography.

His bellows camera, glass plates and printing technique may link him to earlier 19th-century photography, but the vision of Eugène Atget (1857–1927) was an astonishingly modern one.

The best of Atget’s work is revealed through his images of the streets of Old Paris. In a time of rapid transformation, Atget captured the buildings, gardens, old shops and streets that had not been touched by Baron Haussmann’s 19th-century modernisation program. We are shown a city remote from the clichés of the Belle Époque, a genuine glimpse into the past of this iconic metropolis.


http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/eugene-atget/
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