The World of Atget

by Berenice Abbott

176 photographs

Genres: Photography, Art

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

People know American photographer Berenice Abbott especially for her series of black-and-white portraits of city of New York.

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Reviews

[Darcy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The feel of this large format book - about the French photographer Atget - matched the content perfectly. It is quite a monument. Abbott's brief introduction, in over-sized print, transports one to 1927, when she briefly met Atget before he passed. I borrowed via interlibrary loans and feel jealous of those who have their own copy on the shelf.
EDIT: The edition I read was the 1964 Horizon one.

[Arjuna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Masterpiece

[Catherine Corman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first time I saw photographs by Eugene Atget was in 1925 in the studio of Man Ray in Paris. Their impact was immediate and tremendous. There was a sudden flash of recognition - the shock of realism unadorned.

-Berenice Abbott, The World of Atget