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# Eugene Atget

(1857–1927)   Photographer

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Eugene Atget was a photographer, best known for *Eugène Atget*.

## Quick Facts About Eugene Atget

Born February 12, 1857

Died August 4, 1927

Profession Photographer

Notable works Eugène Atget

## About Eugene Atget

Eugène Atget was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, determined to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. Most of his photographs were first published by Berenice Abbott after his death. Though he sold his work to artists and craftspeople, and became an inspiration for the surrealists, he did not live to see the wide acclaim his work would eventually receive.

##  Quotes by Eugene Atget

> [A good photograph is like a good hound dog, dumb, but eloquent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-atget/a-good-photograph-is-like-a-good-hound-dog-dumb-but-eloquent/)

Eugene Atget

[Dog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dog/)

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> [For more than twenty years by my own work and personal initiative, I have gathered from all the old streets of Vieux…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-atget/for-more-than-twenty-years-by-my-own-work-and-personal-initiative-i/)

Eugene Atget

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