Atget's Paris by Laure Beaumont-Maillet

Atget's Paris by Laure Beaumont-Maillet

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the photographer Eugene Atget embarked on a single-handed project to record for posterity the face of vieux Paris at a time when the city was undergoing rapid change. Atget's Paris brings together his photographs in a single volume, reflecting the scope and nature of his efforts to capture the daily life of the Ville Lumiere, and to record its boulevards and buildings. This selection of over 800 photographs, arranged by district, is concerned primarily with exteriors. Atget's views of Parisian parks and streets, mostly taken in the early morning light, frequently suggest a mysteriously deserted city, yet they have an evocative, poetic quality. The photographer's keen eye also saw the potential of architectural details such as doorknockers, trade signs, shopfronts or balconies. When he turned to people, he gave them centre stage, whether as part of the daily urban round or as representatives of the ordinary tradespeople associated with the petits metiers of Paris. Atget's aimed to preserve the picturesque and unexpected aspects of a vanishing scene, occasionally touched with sadness or with humour. His legacy, now preserved in public collections in France, London and New York, remained largely unknown outside specialist circles until the 1960s, but it is now recognized as an invaluable record of a past era.

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ISBN 13	9780500277461
ISBN 10	050027746X
Titre	Atget's Paris
Auteur	Laure Beaumont-Maillet
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Année de publication	1993-11-01
Nombre de pages	788
Note de couverture	La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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