Eugene Atget (1857 to 1927) was a French flaneur and pioneer of documentary photography, determined to document the architecture and street scenes of Paris before they disappeared to modernization. He sold his work chiefly to artists and craftspeople and became an inspiration for the surrealists, but most of his photographs were first published only after his death, by Berenice Abbott, and he did not live to see the wide acclaim his work would eventually receive.
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Eugène Atget (French: [adʒɛ]; 12 February 1857 – 4 August 1927) was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, determined to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization.
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4 August 1927
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August 4, 1927
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Libourne, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
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Paris, France
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Most of his photographs were first published by Berenice Abbott after his death.
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In 1890, Atget moved back to Paris and became a professional photographer, supplying documents for artists: studies for painters, architects, and stage designers.
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Eugène Atget (French: [adʒɛ]; 12 February 1857-4 August 1927) was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, determined to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization.
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was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, determined to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization
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She acquired the prints and negatives remaining in Eugène Atget's studio at his death in 1927.
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