Eugene Atget Appreciation

[DREW WILEY]

I don't know if I've seen the image on post 546 before or not. It is classic later life Atget. A perfect diminishing point perspective (those formal gardens were designed like that; but he took the utmost advantage of it). Hazy atmosphere accentuates the sense of depth. Perfect compositional balance. Daring blank sky giving silhouette relief to the shapes in the lower half of the picture. The signature quality of the statues surrealistically seeming alive, with the foreground one staring at the background ones as if they were about to attack. A truly remarkable image.