Atget's Seven Albums

by Molly Nesbit, Eugène Atget (Photographer)

Between 1909 and 1915 Eug_ne Atget produced seven albums filled with photographs of Paris at the height of its belle _poque. This book presents Atget`s albums in full for the first time, edited with the sequencing and repetition that the great photographer intended. In addition, Atget`s pictures are analyzed in an altogether new as commercial picture documents produced by a photographer for the artists, archivists, antiquarians, designers, and builders who were his clients. Atget`s Seven Albums is thus many books-a critical edition, a fresh view of Atget`s work, a new kind of history of photography, and a social history of art and of Paris in the early twentieth century.

Genres: Photography

440 pages, Paperback

First published December 23, 1992

Reviews

[Jonathan Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, in-depth book on Atget's professional practice. I wrote a detailed review, which you can find here: Atget's Seven Albums review