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Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget — Joueur d'orgue (Organ Player)

Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget

Joueur d'orgue (Organ Player)

1898

Musical street performance becomes a subject for artistic documentation as Atget elevates everyday urban scenes into compelling photographic compositions that preserve vanishing aspects of Parisian culture.

Medium
Gelatin silver printing out print

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Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget, Joueur d'orgue (Organ Player), 1898

Musical street performance becomes a subject for artistic documentation as Atget elevates everyday urban scenes into compelling photographic compositions that preserve vanishing aspects of Parisian culture.

Medium
Gelatin silver printing out print
Year
1898
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

French, Figure, Documentary, Photograph, Documentary Photography, Street Scene, 1890s, Urban, Candid, Black and White

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