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In it, Atget was driven by the disappearance of buildings as schemes of modernisation swept the city. Ignoring the grand new vistas, he set out to record the character and details of the timeworn streets.
Today, however, Atget is admired less as a record photographer and more as a forerunner of Surrealism and of modern approaches to the art of photography. His urban scenes - featuring snatched glimpses, tangential perspectives, odd reflections and bizarre details - convey a distinctly modern experience of the city. After his death, Abbott bought the remains of his archive and began to promote his work.
Object details Categories Photographs. Albumen print from gelatin dry plate negative. This photograph is part of a set of images acquired directly from Atget between and All of these images bear the National Art Library blind stamp on the print itself. The name of the object, its location and the museum number are written by hand in ink on the mount.
