Image inspired by Eugene Atget

Above Image by Eugene Atget - Parisian shop windows - The streets of Old Paris

                                My image that has been inspired by Atget


Eugene Atget was a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris. Atget was known for his black and white images that were shot among the streets of Paris. He often uses 5x4 format and focuses on the decaying equality, reflections and shops and shoppers."Considered the founder of documentary photography, Atget and his enigmatic images inspired numerous artists including Brassai, the Surrealists, Walker Evans and Berenice Abbott, as well as Man Ray, who collected some of the photographs included in the exhibition." After looking at his image i decided to take my own image taking into consideration some of the technical aspects of Atget's images. I photographed a shop window trying to capture the reflection of the sky in the window, making the models unclear as to wether they are real woman i feel by creating the illusion that they may be real reflects back to the images looking at what is society's ideal. I put my images in to black and white they weren't shot on 5x4 but have been put into a similar layout showing how they would look if to be taken on 5x4. I also increased the darkness within my images to create more of a contrast between light and dark tones.

"The pictures that he made in the service of this concept are seductively and deceptively simple, wholly poised, reticent, dense with experience, mysterious, and true.

from "Looking at Photographs" by John Szarkowski"

http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Eugene-Atget.html

http://www.nga.gov/feature/atget/bio.shtm

http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=229

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/eugene-atget/