Atget
Jean Eugène-Auguste [œ-zhen ohgyst] /œˈʒɛn ˈoʊgüst/ (Show IPA), 1856–1927, French photographer, noted for his images of Paris.
noun
(Jean) Eugène Auguste. 1856–1927, French photographer, noted for his pictures of Parisian life
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