Eugene Atget: Photographer
Directed by Peter Wyeth1 stycznia 1982 48 minBiography, Dokumentalny
Meet France’s mysterious master of photography, neglected in his own lifetime but since feted for helping position the medium as an art form, and as an inspiration to surrealists. This meditative Arts Council documentary introduces Eugène Atget, a former actor who began to document the streets of old Paris from the 1890s. Little is known about his early life and the three decades he spent capturing, in eerie tableaux, urban spaces since lost to progress. The film includes dramatised scenes from his life, including his belated ‘discovery’ by American photographers Man Ray and Berenice Abbott, who published many of Atget’s works after his death in 1927.
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Eugene Atget: Photographer was released on 1 stycznia 1982.
Eugene Atget: Photographer was directed by Peter Wyeth.
Eugene Atget: Photographer has a runtime of 48 min.
Eugene Atget: Photographer was produced by Peter Wyeth.
Meet France’s mysterious master of photography, neglected in his own lifetime but since feted for helping position the medium as an art form, and as an inspiration to surrealists. This meditative Arts Council documentary introduces Eugène Atget, a former actor who began to document the streets of old Paris from the 1890s. Little is known about his early life and the three decades he spent capturing, in eerie tableaux, urban spaces since lost to progress. The film includes dramatised scenes from his life, including his belated ‘discovery’ by American photographers Man Ray and Berenice Abbott, who published many of Atget’s works after his death in 1927.
The key characters in Eugene Atget: Photographer are Eugene Atget (Philippe Lehembre), Berenice Abbott (Peggy Frankston), Madame Atget (Catherine Ohotnikoff).
Eugene Atget: Photographer is a Biography, Dokumentalny film.