"Eugène Atget: A Quiet Calling"

Ironically, one of the greatest names in the history of photography never considered himself an artist. Instead, Atget (1857–1927) prowled Paris, documenting its architecture and street scenes as reference photos he'd sell to painters. Aside from that, he was driven by a determination to capture all of Paris in this fashion and, in the bargain, arguably invented the genre of street photography. The pictures themselves are riveting for their haunting surrealism. This show of 30 photos is drawn from a single private collection.