Eugene Atget Appreciation

[Renato Tonelli]

I just saw this today. It was a very nice presentation. I just wish some of his images had been printed larger. Now I want to find a nice book of his work.

Finally got to see it today. Beautiful prints and a nice presentation as you pointed out.
Apparently the ICP bookshop has a Eugene Atget book for sale but I missed it.

 

[snusmumriken]

A good read? I still like Hambourg's 4-Volume MMA set. Superbly printed. I don't know what used bookstores might sell these for. Vol I has the most autobiographical information. Vol 4 has the most iconic images.

I have had that set on loan in the past, and I subsequently managed to buy Vol 1. But here in the UK they are rare to the point of unobtainable. I would really love to have ‘The Ancien Regime’ (Vol. 3, I think), but with shipping and duties from the USA it would cost about £150 for the one volume.

I thought you were implying earlier that there exist actual biographies of Atget’s life, which I was unaware of - but perhaps not?

 

[koraks]

Moderator note, and FWIW: the diversion about 'knockers' was split off of this thread so this can remain focused on the work of Atget as such. The removed posts can be found in this (locked) thread: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...ckers-and-the-ethics-of-forum-posting.219734/

Now let's go back to discussing Atget's work.

 

[Vaughn]

Wishing now I had looked at more at Atget's work before my last Japan trip. Tho perhaps the direct influence would have been too much. There seems to be a touch of him in my images, anyway. Urban is not my usual location when photographing.

This a heavily manipulated iPhoto image of my first test print (single-transfer carbon print) from that trip, trying out a new pigment, which I will abandon and return to my usual pigments. The Sumi Ink created a fine grain. My watercolor pigments seem to give me a smoother tonality. I digitally messed with the image to see if I could get the values closer to what I will be aiming for when printing next.

Takasa River, Heron
Kyoto, Japan, 2026
4x5 Carbon print (Pigment: Sumi ink, a matt formula)

Gowland 4x5 PocketView, Caltar IIN 150mm/5.6
Ilford FP4+ at ISO 100
Exposure: f45 at 2 seconds
Ilford PQ Universal Developer 20:450, 71F for 6.5 minutes in Expert Drum

 

[cliveh]