Eugène Atget, Saint-Cloud, 1922. © BnF, département des Estampes et de la photographie

BERLIN, GERMANY.-On the 150th anniversary of the birth of the French photographer Eugène Atget (1857-1927) a grand retrospective of his works just opened at the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin. The exhibition was mounted by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. A selection of 350 works from Atget’s extensive oeuvre is on display.
Between 1897 and 1927 Atget, like no other photographer, captured the old Paris in his pictures. His shots show the city in its various facets: narrow lanes and courtyards in the historic city centre with its old buildings, of which some were soon to be demolished, magnificent palaces from the period before the French Revolution, bridges and quays on the banks of the Seine, and shops with their window displays.  Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=21872