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Eugene Atget's style of art is photos of "...old buildings, street vendors, architectural details and buildings that were about to be demolished." Many artists bought his photographs to help inspire and use as templates for their own pieces. This included visual artists as well as set designers for plays and shows. There was a demand among Eugene's clients for more detail in his photographs, therefore he focused on high quality photos rather than more artistic photography.

//Photography by: Eugene Atget//

Eugene's style can also be seen to continue the perspective that some photographers prior to his time invoked, including the likes of Francis Wey. The perspective of conceptualizing "photography as a pictorial and archaeological museum." Eugene wanted to document the last bit of architecture of the "French civilization" through his photography. He emphasized greatly upon "...the presence of the object" in most of his photographs.



//Photography by: Eugene Atget//

In some of Eugene's work, he used "...middle tones and looser repetition of lines and curves" to emphasize "high contrast". As stated above, even though he used a fairly older type of camera then his fellow photographers, his pictures are known for their high detail, and he often took photos that expressed the presence of people throughout the picture without having any actually people in the photos.

Sources: http://www.urban-photography-art.com/eugene-atget.html http://www.masters-of-photography.com/A/atget/atget_articles3.html http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/atget_eugene.php