a rift

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Eugène Atget (1857 – 1927)

The work of French photographer Eugène Atget documents the architecture and street scenes of Paris throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. What makes Atget’s urban landscapes particularly unique is the continual lack of human figures in his work. When viewed together, his photographs paint a beautiful yet disturbing portrait of arguably the most iconic city in the world; a private window into a lonely and abandoned Paris.

Disturbing? Whoever wrote that has never experienced how enjoyable a peaceful, safe place is in the hours when its devoid of many people. At least to people like myself I suppose who prefer to feel like a lone observer. It’s a bit like seeing a secret, quiet side of a normally busy world.  And not lonely at all.

(via musetensil)