James Hyman Photography present a select group of vintage photographs by Eugène Atget(1857 – 1927). In many ways Atget was the first conceptual artist in his approach to the modern metropolis. Atget's apparently prosaic photographs often present a dream-like ambiance and possess a strange stillness in what was otherwise a bustling urban centre. Atget often catalogued these spaces thematically and formed a valuable visual encyclopedia of the time. This archive presents a stock record of a disappearing Paris, which now exists in collections around the globe. Today, Atget is recognised less for the document itself than for his unique perspectives, which some mark as the first ‘modern’ points of view presented through the lens.

Eugène Atget. Select Works.
Until November 12, 2011

James Hyman Photography
16 Savile Row
London W1S 3PD