Great Black and White Photographers: Part 2

Great Black and White Photographers: Part 2

Eugene Atget


Bio: 

        Eugene Atget was born in 1857 (with no specific date documented). He was born in Libourne. He started off as a young sailor, after that he switched jobs and tried to become an actor. When he failed at acting, at 40 years, he began the profession of photography after an experiment done with painting. Atget made a famous catalog through his profession, called "Fruits of French Culture." Atget's style of photography was very modern day, where the people in his time didn't take pictures like that. Gets death date was around 30 but do dates have been recorded.


^ uses rule of thirds                                                 ^ fills the page

websites:

http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Eugene-Atget.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/atgt/hd_atgt.htm





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