Christopher Rauschenberg- Paris Changin

In 1989 Christopher Rauschenberg re-photographed Eugene Atgets photos of Paris in the 1900. Atget straightforwardly documented the city with photographs that give you the feeling that all the transitory things that people do and are have washed away, leaving only their transcendent accomplishments

On a 1989 trip to Paris, Christopher Rauschenberg suddenly found himself face to face with the spiral-topped gatepost that in a image by Atget. he rephotographed Atgets gatepost from memory and wondered how many other Atget subjects might still be holding their poses. There, among the things and places that Atget had admired, Christopher returned to do a re-photographic exploration to discover if the haunting and beautiful Paris of Atget’s vision still existed.

I like how you can see the difference with the image on the left which is Eugene Atgets image which shows a empty street in the 1900's to the image to the right which is by Christopher Rauschenberg in 1989 the image shows cars and bikes which is completly different from Eugene Atgets image.

The images above show a street corner photographed at different times in history.  The first image which is by Eugene Atget show a corner shop with a cart outside it the image looks like it has be photographed through a window. The image on the right but Christopher Rausechenberg show the same corner street but with the shop being bricked up which I think makes it look kind of boring because with the shop it made the view (me) look at what the shop could be but when looking at the image on the right all yo see is bricks which I think is boring. Not only does the image not have the corner shop it also has a scooter in font instead of a cart this shows the time of the image are different.not only that but the different in detail shown due to cameras.