A flâneur and photographer at once, Eugène Atget (1857–1927) was obsessed with walking the streets. After trying his hand at painting and acting, the native of Libourne turned to photography and moved to Paris. He supplied studies for painters, architects, and stage designers, but became enraptured by what he called “documents” of the city and its environs. His scenes rarely included people, but rather the architecture, landscape, and artifacts that made up the societal and cultural stage.
Atget was not particularly renowned during his lifetime but in the 1920s came to the attention of the Dada and Surrealist avant-garde through Man Ray. Four of his images, with their particular fusion of mimesis and mystery, appeared in the surrealist journal, La Révolution Surréaliste, while Ray and much of his artistic circle purchased Atget prints. Atget’s fame grew after his death, with several articles and a monograph by Berenice Abbott. Several leading photographers, including Walker Evans and Bill Brandt, have since acknowledged their debt to Atget.
This fresh TASCHEN edition gathers some 500 photographs from the Atget archives at Musée Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris to celebrate his outstanding eye for the urban environment and evocation of a Paris gone by. Down main streets and side streets, past shops and churches, through courtyards and arcades and the 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making of a modern photographic master.
『Taschen Compact』 시리즈의 특징
합리적인 가격으로 다방면의 주제를 아우르는 문화적 동반자인 TASCHEN Compact 시리즈！
1980년 문화 고고학자들과 함께 작업하기 시작한 이래로, TASCHEN 브랜드는 접근 가능한, 열린 시각의 출판을 지향하고 있다. Bibliotheca Universalis 시리즈는 약 100가지의 이 시대 가장 사랑받는 타이틀로 깔끔한 판형을 갖추고 있어 미술, 인류학과 성에 관련한 당신만의 소중한 서재를 만들 수 있다.
결코 지루하지 않으며 언제나 즐거운, 독서를 좋아하는 이들에게 기쁨이 될 것이다!
Atget was not particularly renowned during his lifetime but in the 1920s came to the attention of the Dada and Surrealist avant-garde through Man Ray. Four of his images, with their particular fusion of mimesis and mystery, appeared in the surrealist journal, La Révolution Surréaliste, while Ray and much of his artistic circle purchased Atget prints. Atget’s fame grew after his death, with several articles and a monograph by Berenice Abbott. Several leading photographers, including Walker Evans and Bill Brandt, have since acknowledged their debt to Atget.
This fresh TASCHEN edition gathers some 500 photographs from the Atget archives at Musée Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris to celebrate his outstanding eye for the urban environment and evocation of a Paris gone by. Down main streets and side streets, past shops and churches, through courtyards and arcades and the 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making of a modern photographic master.
『Taschen Compact』 시리즈의 특징
합리적인 가격으로 다방면의 주제를 아우르는 문화적 동반자인 TASCHEN Compact 시리즈！
1980년 문화 고고학자들과 함께 작업하기 시작한 이래로, TASCHEN 브랜드는 접근 가능한, 열린 시각의 출판을 지향하고 있다. Bibliotheca Universalis 시리즈는 약 100가지의 이 시대 가장 사랑받는 타이틀로 깔끔한 판형을 갖추고 있어 미술, 인류학과 성에 관련한 당신만의 소중한 서재를 만들 수 있다.
결코 지루하지 않으며 언제나 즐거운, 독서를 좋아하는 이들에게 기쁨이 될 것이다!
The author
Jean Claude Gautrand, born in 1932, is one of France’s most distinguished experts on photography. An active photographer since 1960, he has also made a name for himself as a historian, journalist and critic, with numerous publications. He is the author of the TASCHEN books Paris mon amour (1999), Robert Doisneau (2003), Brassaï (2004), Willy Ronis (2005) and Paris, Portrait of a City (2011).
Jean Claude Gautrand, born in 1932, is one of France’s most distinguished experts on photography. An active photographer since 1960, he has also made a name for himself as a historian, journalist and critic, with numerous publications. He is the author of the TASCHEN books Paris mon amour (1999), Robert Doisneau (2003), Brassaï (2004), Willy Ronis (2005) and Paris, Portrait of a City (2011).
