Atget

American  

[at-zhey, at-zhe] / ætˈʒeɪ, ætˈʒɛ /

noun

1. Jean Eugène-Auguste 1856–1927, French photographer, noted for his images of Paris.

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Atget British  

/ adʒe /

noun

1. ( Jean ) Eugène Auguste. 1856–1927, French photographer, noted for his pictures of Parisian life

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Example Sentences

“My heroes were the European street photographers — Atget, Kertész, Bresson. But here, the elements in the urban landscape are designed for cars driving by and they’re screaming for attention, and color is a big part of that. I do a lot of my shooting on weekends, Sunday mornings, and late in the day. The light comes through the atmosphere, sometimes smog, and you get color.”

From Los Angeles Times

There are echoes of the French master Eugène Atget, with his uncanny shop windows, and the Surrealists who distorted their pictures.

From New York Times

In his ability to create harmonious wholes out of urban fragments, he is the contemporary heir to Eugène Atget, who memorialized Paris in the early 20th century.

From New York Times

Like Atget, too, Friedlander finds unexpected juxtapositions in the reflections in plate-glass windows.

From New York Times

So when she couldn’t identify a piece by French photographer Eugène Atget, it felt like an embarrassing lapse.

From Washington Post