Eugene Atget: As Paris Was
March 23, 2012-June 30, 2012Location: Ticho House
Artist: Eugene Atget
Curator: Nissan Perez
Media: Photography
The photographic oeuvre of Eugene Atget (1857–1927) has become a landmark in the history of the medium, and his works are recognized as an integral part of the canon of documentary photography. His subject matter was Paris with its houses, streets, parks, and castles – interior and exterior details of architecture being transformed by modernity. His fame came decades later; however his enduring legacy in the field is still discernible worldwide. This exhibition of Atget’s photographs of Paris, the first ever in Israel.