Eugene Atget
Eugene Atget was a French photographer. He was known as a "Pioneer of documentary photography."
He was born in 1857 and lost his father in 1862 and his mother shortly after, leaving him an orphan at 5. He moved to Paris in 1878. He eventually became an actor after wanting to go to acting school, but got drafted for the military and couldn't attend. He met who would be his future wife on an acting trip, Valentine Delafrosse Compagnon. He ended up getting an infection in his vocal chords and had to quit acting. He took up painting with no success and afterwards moved back to Paris and became a photographer.
I think the objective with his art or at least most of it is to tell a bit of a story. Photos of people in an enclosed area or a night on the town could possibly tell what had been happening shortly before or what could happen after the photo was taken. One of his photos shows a prostitute outside her door with what looks like a beer, you don't know whats happening, but you can interpret her maybe waiting for someone or just staring into the possible crowd of people in front of her. He took a photo on 1912 of people watching the eclipse. His work like any, you can interpret how you'd like.
I personally like his work because his past makes you wonder if he has any connection to his photos or maybe has photos of his days in the war or as a painter or actor. Since his photos tell stories in a way, its fun to think about what message he could've been trying to tell with them. The only downside of his work is that they are black and white or brown which isn't always so pleasing to the eye.
Prostitute outside her door
Eclipse of 1912
Eugene Atget was a French photographer. He was known as a "Pioneer of documentary photography."
He was born in 1857 and lost his father in 1862 and his mother shortly after, leaving him an orphan at 5. He moved to Paris in 1878. He eventually became an actor after wanting to go to acting school, but got drafted for the military and couldn't attend. He met who would be his future wife on an acting trip, Valentine Delafrosse Compagnon. He ended up getting an infection in his vocal chords and had to quit acting. He took up painting with no success and afterwards moved back to Paris and became a photographer.
I think the objective with his art or at least most of it is to tell a bit of a story. Photos of people in an enclosed area or a night on the town could possibly tell what had been happening shortly before or what could happen after the photo was taken. One of his photos shows a prostitute outside her door with what looks like a beer, you don't know whats happening, but you can interpret her maybe waiting for someone or just staring into the possible crowd of people in front of her. He took a photo on 1912 of people watching the eclipse. His work like any, you can interpret how you'd like.
I personally like his work because his past makes you wonder if he has any connection to his photos or maybe has photos of his days in the war or as a painter or actor. Since his photos tell stories in a way, its fun to think about what message he could've been trying to tell with them. The only downside of his work is that they are black and white or brown which isn't always so pleasing to the eye.
Prostitute outside her door
Eclipse of 1912
EXCELLENT! just one more blog to go- due May 17
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