Photo File:Eugène Atget - Fête du Trône - Google Art Project sur Wikim

google cultural institute | commons:artist createur :eugène atget | commons: titre | commons: description | commons: date | commons:medium | commons:dimensions | commons:institution | commons:location | commons:references | commons:object_history | commons:exhibition_history | commons:credit_line | commons:inscriptions | commons:notes | commons:accession_number | commons: source | commons:permission | commons: | commons:zoom | core: titre en | 1fête du trône | core: date . date created 1926 | core:format en | 1w22.22 x h15.87 cm (without frame, without passepartout) | core:type en | 1photography | core:rights en | 1©colecciones fundaciÓn mapfre / fernando maquieira | core:relation http://www.coleccionesfundacionmapfre.org/obras/fete_du_trone_1926 | art:artist_birth_place en | 1libourne, gironda (france) | art:artist_nationality en | 1french | art:artist_death_place en | 1paris (france) | art:artist_ date 1857/1927 | c-005e3603:location.it_was_taken_there en | 1france | c-005e3603:customtext.artist_biography en | 1eugène atget (1857-1927) at first sight, eugène atget?s work can seem enigmatic and difficult to place but, as with all the greats, time has imbued his images with a translucency that has inspired generations of artists and continues to do so today. his work has been elevated to the status of a milestone in the history of photographic culture, a crucial point of reference for understanding the modern aesthetics which his pictures introduced in a more or less subtle way. in fact, despite having worked in virtual anonymity, by the time he died different artistic movements were already vying to claim his images as their own. for some, atget?s work showed an affinity with surrealist theory: the minute description of ordinary objects capable of evoking unconventional symbolisms, the latent enigma of his scenes, and the often heavy, metaphysical atmosphere of his landscapes. for others, he was simply an honest photographer training his lens on the streets, parks and people of a paris far removed from the typical image of the metropolis, a photographer with no greater ambition than to create a systematic visual archive of a city in transformation. and then there were others who underscored the intrinsic sensibility of his vision, its poetry and its mystery. atget?s approach to the landscape he photographed, and in which he found an inexhaustible plasticity, allowed him to return over and over again to the same themes and make them appear new and different each time. his austere, original framing and his ability to turn a particular theme or detail into a meaningful document of french culture have set a standard for subsequent generations of photographers. echoes of atget?s collective portrait of paris can be found in august sander?s portrayal of german society, in the american way of life captured by walker evans and lee friedlander, in each of the towns photographed by paul strand, and even in the images of a contemporary photographer like fazal sheikh, who regards atget as one of his masters. all, and atget foremost among them, have shown us that even the most inconsequential things can be interesting or appealing when they are photographed. atget was born in libourne in 1857 and died in paris in 1927. he never received any formal training in photography and joined this up-and-coming profession of the 19th century after trying his hand somewhat unsuccessfully at others, such as copywriter and illustrator for a satirical magazine or actor in second-rate theatrical companies. he turned to photography in 1888, initially with the intention of earning a living by selling visual documents of the streets of paris to artists. later on his clientele expanded to include not only artists but craftsmen and history enthusiasts, as well as important institutions interested in the history of paris, such as the musée carnavalet and the bibliothèque nationale. atget described his p

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