Prostitute on Her Shift, rue Asselin, La Villette- Eugene Atget (1921)
Eugene Atget was a photographer living and working in Paris at the turn of the 19th century who is best known for taking photos of the people and the sites around the streets of Paris. Many of Atget's photos were labeled as "provocative", such as the above photograph, Prostitute. He consistently used the albumen and gelatin silver techniques, refusing to change over to newer photographic technologies that came about during his lifetime. Atget wasn't a particularly well known photographer when he was living; however, after his death, several of his admirers and colleagues worked to get his name out there. As a result, Atget became recognized as one of the most important photographers of the early 20th century.
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