beaux livres : photo, architecture, art

We know very little about the life of Eugene Atget. Yannick Le Marec analysed the photographer’s production (thousands of photographs) taken between 1890 and 1920, as well as all his archives left to the BNF after his death (in particular press clippings and political newspapers). It is therefore a new approach that tells us a little more about this photographer, including his strong political commitments close to the anarchist circles of the time. The author focused on his photographic work around the Zone, this geographical era between the fortifications and the suburbs, a 300-meter wide ring that surrounds Paris beyond the abandoned Thiers fortifications. This is the area where ragmen gather to live and sort their loot. The parallel between the work of the current Greater Paris, the areas of concentration of migrants or drug addicts is also discussed.

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