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Eugène Atget was born in
Libourne, France in 1857. He spent his early years working at a variety
of professions, from sailor to actor, the latter being a vocation he took
seriously but in which he never achieved great success. By the mid-1880’s,
Atget took up photography as a way to earn a living. His early work consisted
mainly of photographs made for use as artists’ models. While Atget received
no formal artistic schooling, this practice of photographing subjects on
demand for clients was valuable training for his eye.
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