Eugene Atget at Victoria & Albert Museum

Temporary display in gallery 38a, 29 January - 22 July 2007. Admission free

Eugène Atget (1857-1927) took up photography as a professional in the late 1880s. Details of his earlier life are shadowy. He is known to have been a sailor and then an amateur actor, which may account for the 'stage set' quality of many of his images. He seems to have lived a largely secluded life in his apartment in Paris.

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