14th
September
2004
Image contexts and Eugene Atget
“I went to the Victoria Albert Museum here in London and homed in on the photography section. While gawking at a photograph I overheard someone whining, ‘I liiiike it, but what is it, whaaatís the point?’ I looked over and saw he and his group looking at a photogram. Perhaps, I thought, if he had read the accompanying text he might have been more appreciative, but he was too busy looking for something ëgood’ to strike him, like say a Cartier Bresson image.”