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  Eugène Atget: The Poet of Old Paris Introduction Eugène Atget (1857–1927) is one of the most important figures in the history of photography, though he never considered himself an artist. Working quietly in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century, Atget devoted more than three decades to documenting the streets, shopfronts, courtyards and disappearing architecture of the city. Born in Libourne in southwestern France, Atget initially pursued a career in the theatre before turning to photography in the late 1880s. By the 1890s he had settled in Paris and begun what would become his life’s work: systematically photographing the city and its surroundings. His aim was practical rather than artistic. He described himself simply as a supplier of “documents for artists,” producing reference images that painters, architects and designers could use as visual material. Yet the photographs he produced were far more than documentary records. Atget’s images capture Paris in a strange and dr...