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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Atget’s photographs are wonderfully still and cool seeming to combine the attractions of the Classic and Romantic in elegant and stylish portrayals of the beauty of France. From the monumental Atget archive at The Museum of Modern Art in New York the very best work is here selected for definitive publication. The plates are printed in three-impression reproduction to achieve the highest possible fidelity to the remarkable tones of the originals. John Szarkowski is Director of the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art. He has long held a special admiration for the work of Atget and his introductory essay is a remarkable contribution not only to the study of Atget but also to the wider field of writing about photography. Fully catalogued notes to the plates by Maria Morris Hambourg are presented in a separate illustrated section. (MP)