Atget in Paris

Rephotographing Atget, black and white photos of the same places in Paris nearly a hundred years apart:

There, among the things and places that Atget had admired, I resolved to return and do a rephotographic exploration to discover if the haunting and beautiful Paris of Atget’s vision still existed. Eight years later, in 1997 and 1998, I made three trips to Paris and rephotographed 500 of the scenes that Atget photographed. 24 of those image pairs are shown here in Lens Culture.

Great photos. There’s an interview with Rauschenberg on the site as well. From now on I’m going to give all my photos titles like, “Angle de la rue de Seine et de la rue de Buci” and then read them out loud to myself in a French accent. Alone. In the dark. Oh yes.

Posted in Shutterbug on Monday February 27, 2006.