Engaging text and interesting images - were I a bigger fan of Atget this would be something I would like more. This is where the 55 series works great 55 pictures of decent size with relevant and interesting text backing it up. Some of the others in the series have featured artists I am less interested in and I can see me dipping into this a few times in the future.

I love small book collections of photography and this one is a little gem. The first few pages are a nice, brief biography of the photographer and most of the photos are kept to one page, which makes them much easier to see. On the opposite side of each photos is a description of where, when and what as well as a brief critique of each image and inspiration.

The images themselves are haunting and evocative, giving a strong sense of the time and place and Atget's sense of light and shadows is amazing. They have both a timeless feeling and a sense of a time and place that is long gone, which I find fascinating and keeps me going back and looking at each photo over and over again.