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Story summary
- Eugène Atget, a French photographer, captured 19th–20th century Paris with a large-format camera and glass plates.
- His images convey a haunting emptiness by presenting familiar scenes devoid of people.
- Man Ray, an artist and photographer, admired Atget's work.
- Berenice Abbott, a photographer, promoted Atget's legacy after Atget's death in 1927.
- The Making of a Reputation exhibition contrasts Atget's perspective with Edward Steichen, American photographer, and his The Family of Man.
