View it in a web browser   Media Preview 11am Thursday 23 August 2012 You are warmly invited to preview a new exhibition, Eugène Atget: Old Paris which will showcase more than 200 of Atget's photographs.   This is the first comprehensive exhibition in Australia of Eugène Atget’s (1857–1927) work. The photographs are primarily from the more than 4000 strong collection of Musée Carnavalet, Paris with the important inclusion of Atget’s work, as compiled by Man Ray, from the collection of George Eastman House, Rochester, USA. Atget's photographs of the streets of Paris untouched by modernisation attracted the attention of leading institutions such as Musée Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque Nationale.  We see empty streets and buildings, details that usually pass unnoticed, all presented as rigorous, original compositions that offer a mysterious group portrait of the city.   Details: 11am Thursday 23 August Art Gallery of New South Wales Judy Annear, senior curator, photographs, AGNSW, will be available for interviews. For further information: Susanne Briggs 0412 268 320   Eugène Atget Rue Hautefeuille, 6th arrondissement 1898 albumen photograph © Musée Carnavalet, Paris / Roger-Viollet / TopFoto   Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000 Telephone 02 9225 1744 or Toll Free 1800 679 278 www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au This was sent to @absolutearts.com. If you are no longer interested you can .