Atget
jean eugène-auguste [œ-zhen ohgyst] /œˈʒɛn ˈoʊgüst/ (show ipa), 1856–1927, french photographer, noted for his images of paris.
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(jean) eugène auguste. 1856–1927, french photographer, noted for his pictures of parisian life
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