Eugene Atget at work
dal 3/11/2000 al 4/2/2001
Segnalato da
3/11/2000
Eugene Atget at work
Museum of the City, New York
A Portrait of Paris. From 1898 until only a few months before his death, Eugène Atget (1857-1927) photographed the historic core of the city of Paris. While Atget's photographs originally arose within a specific historical context and commercial milieu, they have subsequently beenrecognized as constituting an artistically significant interpretation of Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century.
A Portrait of Paris.
From 1898 until only a few months before his death, Eugène Atget (1857-1927)
photographed the historic core of the city of Paris. While Atget's photographs originally
arose within a specific historical context and commercial milieu, they have subsequently been
recognized as constituting an artistically significant interpretation of Paris at the beginning of
the twentieth century. Portrait of Paris: Eugène Atget at Work considers Atget as an
architectural and urban photographer, and specifically explores his approach and method of
photographing Paris, as seen in the intricate interplay between technical procedures and
interpretative strategies developed over a period of nearly thirty years. Curated by David
Harris, the exhibition comprises approximately 180 photographs by Atget, selected from the
extensive holdings of the Musée Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de
Paris. The exhibition was organized by and shown at the Musée Carnavalet.
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