"Eugene Atget is the photographer of Old Paris."
-- Atget's Paris, from the Icons series published by Taschen.
Eugene Atget was a French photographer known for his "documentary" photographs of Paris taken in the early 1900s. According to the prologue in the book, "He will be remembered as an urban historian, a genuine romanticist, a lover of Paris, Balzac of the camera, from whose works we can weave a large tapestry of French civilization."
This splendid little book was part of the stash I got at Ampersand while spending my Reading Local contest winnings. Thanks Reading Local!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Opening Sentence of the Day: Atget's Paris
"Eugene Atget is the photographer of Old Paris."
-- Atget's Paris, from the Icons series published by Taschen.
Eugene Atget was a French photographer known for his "documentary" photographs of Paris taken in the early 1900s. According to the prologue in the book, "He will be remembered as an urban historian, a genuine romanticist, a lover of Paris, Balzac of the camera, from whose works we can weave a large tapestry of French civilization."
This splendid little book was part of the stash I got at Ampersand while spending my Reading Local contest winnings. Thanks Reading Local!
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