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Eugene Atget

French, b, 1857

Rue des Frances Bourgeois

1899
albumen print



See materials from the MOPA library

Atget, by John Szarkowski (2000)
Atget's Seven Albums, by Molly Nesbit (1992)
Core curriculum: Writings on Photography, by Tod Papageorge (2011)
Street photography: from Atget to Cartier-Bresson, by Clive Scott (2007)

Find out more on the web

Eugene Atget (1857-1927) Thematic Essay, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Atget: The Art of Documentary Photography, National Gallery of Art
Eugene Atget: Still Photograph Archive, George Eastman House
Eugene Atget: The Pioneer, International Center of Photography

Download MOPA resources

The Photograph As Witness K-12 Curriculum

Funding for this project was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a donation from PhotoWings.

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