Atget was the first street photographer. We have visions of street photographers with small 35mm cameras moving and shooting. Atget used an 18x24cm (roughly 8x10 inches) view camera and documented Paris 100 years ago. He didn't see himself as an artist but as a documentarian. But what documents! Atget is one of my favorite photographers and a personal inspiration. He used a very simple tool and create an amazing body of work. This book is 788 pages of amazing photographs. The quality isn't as good as some other books but nothing else has the number of images in this book. Pictures of another world.