The glory behind Eugene Atget.

After Ajette's death, his works were included in the exhibition of modernist works, and his first collection of photographs was published in 193 1. From 65438 to 0969, new york Museum of Modern Art, which collected Ajette's works, held an important retrospective exhibition for him, gradually establishing Ajette's position in the history of modern photography.

At an auction held by Sotheby's last year (165438+1October 20th), a female body photo taken by Eugene Atget in 1925 sold for 444,750 euros, setting a new record for her single work. Sotheby's auction house in France * * * auctioned 14 photos of Ajette, and the total transaction price reached 692,500 euros. Starting from 1898, Eugene Atget used a 7X9.5-inch wooden camera to shoot in Paris for 30 years, and completed 1053 artistic photos of old Paris, 1568 unique photos of Paris, and two grand thematic photo collections, which are at best only a quarter of all his photographic works. Of course, these albums were compiled and published by others after his death.