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Eugene Atget: Paris
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Overview
In the 1930s, Berenice Abbott, moved by the massive changes New York City was undergoing, set out to document the city that was before it disappeared entirely. She was inspired by the work of EugFne Atget, whom she had come to know and admire during her years in Paris during the 1920s. Atget devoted himself in the first two decades of the 20th century to capturing the "other" Paris, the one that tourists seldom experienced, the Paris that he saw disappearing before his eyes.Editorials
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In the 1930s, Berenice Abbott, moved by the massive changes New York City was undergoing, set out to document the city that was before it disappeared entirely. She was inspired by the work of Eugène Atget, whom she had come to know and admire during her years in Paris during the 1920s. Atget devoted himself in the first two decades of the 20th century to capturing the "other" Paris, the one that tourists seldom experienced, the Paris that he saw disappearing before his eyes.Book Details
Published
December 1, 1998
Publisher
Te Neues Publishing Company
Pages
109
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9783823803638