Product Description

Eugene Atget 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' parks, buildings, streets, store windows, prostitutes, workers, and even door handles are a joy to behold.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67793 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-15
• Original language: German, French, English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 252 pages

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

About the Author
Hans Christian Adam studied psychology, art history and communication studies in Gottingen and Vienna. As a specialist in historical pictorial material, 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, Eugene Atget: Paris and Berlin. Andreas Krase (born 1958) lives in Berlin and Dresden, where he is curator of the Hermann Krone Collection at the University of Technology. He has published numerous articles and catalogues on photo-related topics.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating and fantastic value
I have to confess I hadn't heard of Atget until the BBC4 documentary series on photography a year or so ago but these photos are wonderful. The series on street pedlars taken around the turn of the last century are a fascinating bit of social history but my favourites are the architectural photos of stairwells, doorways, and alleyways. Some of them are extremely beautiful. As with many art books from European publishers the text seems a bit overblown to me - it might be that something has been lost in translation - but the reason for buying this book is the pictures, and like most books I've brought from Taschen the printing of these is exceptional. Allowing for the fact that the originals are over 100 years old and not in pristine condition the reproduction is first rate. At this price there is no reason to think twice - a beautiful book that provides a glimpse of Paris as it was around 1900.

Amazing Value
I cannot believe just how good this book is for the price I paid. The images are big and on quality paper, the text, although in three languages, is descriptive. But its the photographs that speak volumes with Atget, just buy this book, and loose yourself in the images.