Atget, Paris (Taschen 25th Anniversary Edition) [Hardcover]

Hans-Christian Adam (Editor), Eugene Atget (Photographer), Andreas Krase (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2008 | Series: Taschen 25th Anniversary Edition

Paris frozen in time The perfect introduction to Eugène Atget's photography

"All I can say: get collecting. These books are an incredible value." - Image, London, on the photography book series

Eugène Atget (1857-1927) roamed the streets with his bulky large format camera, systematically cataloguing turn-of-the-century Old Paris down to the very smallest details. His skilled, wonderfully atmospheric photos of Paris’s parks, buildings, streets, store windows, prostitutes, workers, and even door handles are a joy to behold.

Editorial Reviews

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"All I can say: get collecting. These books are an incredible value." - Image, London, on the photography book series"

About the Author

The author:
Andreas Krase lives in Berlin and Dresden, where he is keeper of Photography and Cinematography at the Museum of Technology and Industry. He has published numerous articles and catalogues on photo-related topics.

The editor:
Hans Christian Adam studied psychology, art history and communication in Göttingen and Vienna. As a specialist in historical images, he has published numerous articles and books, including titles on travel and war photography. He is the author of TASCHEN’s Edward Sheriff Curtis: The North American Indian, Karl Blossfeldt, Eugène Atget: Paris and Berlin, Portrait of a City.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 252 pages
• Publisher: Taschen; 25th edition (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3836504715
• ISBN-13: 978-3836504713
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 0.9 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #90 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Photojournalism

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful yet inexpensive introduction to Atget's Paris January 11, 2003

By Robert Moore HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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This is one of the more unusual books on my shelves, in that physically it is designed to bear a resemblence on its exterior to some travel guides. The photograph above doesn't do it justice. The material is kivar-like, and his famous photograph of the entrance to the Moulin Rouge is tinted in red and yellow. Inside, the photographs are arranged thematically, according such topics as Salesman and Traders on the Streets of Paris, or Trades, Shops, and Window Displays, or interiors of Parisian homes, or, my favorite, Old Paris.

As the introduction of the book points out, Atget was the great photographic recorder of Old Paris. It is to Paris of the turn of the 19th to the 20th century what Weegee was to lower Manhattan. The pictures in this book are nothing short of remarkable, and to look at them for any length of time helps transport one, to the extent that that is possible, to a world that no longer exists. This is not beautiful, genteel Paris. It isn't the Paris of Proust. It is more the Paris of Baudelaire fifty years down the road, the Paris of Toulouse-Latrec.

This without any question the finest inexpensive edition of Atget's photographs currently available, and since Atget is the predominant photographer of the Paris of a hundred years ago, the best inexpensive book of photographs of Old Paris.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The master at work January 18, 2009

By Preston S. Page

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This book is a wonderful collection of work by Atget. One, at least I, tend to forget just how influential Atget was in bridging documentary photography to art. One star off because I wish the book had larger dimensions and better print quality, not that the quality is bad. This is an excellent value for a budget book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent December 23, 2011

By danilus

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Excellent presentation and quality of images. Good representation of what is the whole work of the best Paris-dedicated photographer of the 19th-20th centuries.
This book is a must, don't hesitate!