Atget at MOMA

[mdm]

Has anyone been to the Atget show at MOMA? Looks interesting. I would love to hear you impressions. Here are some pictures from the show http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2012/02/eugene-atgets-photographs

[johnmsanderson]

I have. It was very good. Portraits, street scenes, and some early ruin work. Seeing the Avenue des Gobelins prints was pretty mind blowing

[mdm]

Someone at least has a clue. Thanks for sharing. I have to make do with a book.

[ajmiller]

I have to make do with a book.

Same here!
I have the book by John Szarkowski which is one of my favourites.
Haven't see a few of those on that slide show you link to though - number 12 is cool!

cheers, Tony

[mdm]

I like his corners and broader street scenes, like #5 in the link.

[mdm]

Some more Atget at PDN http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2012/02/12945

[ajmiller]

A few more - not the usual images -from the 'Zone et fortifications'.
Make sure to see the 'large' version of each one.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18643384@N08/sets/72157607016164873/

[mdm]

Speechless. Thank you for that link. A true master, in every sense of the word.

[D. Bryant]

A few more - not the usual images -from the 'Zone et fortifications'.
Make sure to see the 'large' version of each one.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18643384@N08/sets/72157607016164873/

This Flickr page is a really crappy presentation of his work, thanks I'll pass.

[mdm]

If someone took a stack of your negatives and put them on flickr, that would be a crappy presentation of your work, if your work even qualifies as work in the first place. In there are some magnificent photographs. You get a sense of what he was doing. Take all Westons rejects, with the monumental prints, or Adams or anyone elses, and you see a different picture.

[D. Bryant]

If someone took a stack of your negatives and put them on flickr, that would be a crappy presentation of your work, if your work even qualifies as work in the first place. In there are some magnificent photographs. You get a sense of what he was doing. Take all Westons rejects, with the monumental prints, or Adams or anyone elses, and you see a different picture.

The repros are crappy David. I've seen quite a few of the originals and the ones posted on Flickr are an insult to Atget, at least IMO.

[mdm]

Fair enough.

[ajmiller]

I wouldn't argue having not seen the originals of these or any of Atget's, hence my previous posts.

Where did you see the originals?

cheers, Tony



The repros are crappy David. I've seen quite a few of the originals and the ones posted on Flickr are an insult to Atget, at least IMO.

[D. Bryant]

I wouldn't argue having not seen the originals of these or any of Atget's, hence my previous posts.

Where did you see the originals?

cheers, Tony
Santa Fe and Atlanta.