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Eugène Atget. Paris

English, French, German

By (author): Jean Claude Gautrand Yellow Tanabe

A flâneur and photographer at once, Eugène Atget (18571927) was obsessed with walking the streets. After trying his hand at painting and acting, the native of Libourne turned to photography and moved to Paris. He supplied studies for painters, architects, and stage designers, but became enraptured by what he called documents of the city and its environs. His scenes rarely included people, but rather the architecture, landscape, and artifacts that made up the societal and cultural stage.

Atget was not particularly renowned during his lifetime but in the 1920s came to the attention of the Dada and Surrealist avant-garde through Man Ray. Four of his images, with their particular fusion of mimesis and mystery, appeared in the surrealist journal, La Révolution Surréaliste, while Ray and much of his artistic circle purchased Atget prints. Atgets fame grew after his death, with several articles and a monograph by Berenice Abbott. Several leading photographers, including Walker Evans and Bill Brandt, have since acknowledged their debt to Atget.

This fresh TASCHEN edition gathers some 500 photographs from the Atget archives at Musée Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris to celebrate his outstanding eye for the urban environment and evocation of a Paris gone by. Down main streets and side streets, past shops and churches, through courtyards and arcades and the 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making of a modern photographic master.

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  • Weight: 950g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 195mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Sep 2016
  • Publisher: Taschen GmbH
  • Publication City/Country: Germany
  • Language: English, French, German
  • ISBN13: 9783836522304

About Jean Claude GautrandYellow Tanabe

Jean Claude Gautrand (19322019) was one of Frances most distinguished experts on photography. An active photographer since 1960 he also made a name for himself as a historian journalist and critic with numerous publications including his TASCHEN books on Brassaï (2004) Paris. Portrait of a City (2011) Robert Doisneau (2014) and Eugène Atget. Paris (2016).

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