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Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light

Louis-Gabriel Loppé (French, 1825–1913), Vue de la Tour Eiffel et de la Grande Roue (View of the Eiffel Tower and the Great Wheel) (detail), ca. 1900. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 x 7 in. (13 x 17.8 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund, 1996.106.1. Photograph by Randy Dodson

Louis-Gabriel Loppé (French, 1825–1913), Vue de la Tour Eiffel et de la Grande Roue (View of the Eiffel Tower and the Great Wheel) (detail), ca. 1900. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 x 7 in. (13 x 17.8 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund, 1996.106.1. Photograph by Randy Dodson · License

Eternal Paris: Photographing the City of Light is on view at de Young Museum, San Francisco, United States, until April 4, 2027.

Last verified September 16, 2026 · Official source ↗

Nearly 50 photographs from the museum's collection reveal how 19th- and early 20th-century camera work built the lasting image of Paris. The display traces the city's modern evolution through early monument views, scenes of the 1871 Paris Commune, and Eugène Atget's documentation of an urban center undergoing transformation.

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  1. de Young Museum
    San Francisco, United States · September 5, 2026 – April 4, 2027
    Until 4 Apr 2027

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Louis-Gabriel Loppé (French, 1825–1913), Vue de la Tour Eiffel et de la Grande Roue (View of the Eiffel Tower and the Great Wheel) (detail), ca. 1900. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 x 7 in. (13 x 17.8 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund, 1996.106.1. Photograph by Randy Dodson

Louis-Gabriel Loppé (French, 1825–1913), Vue de la Tour Eiffel et de la Grande Roue (View of the Eiffel Tower and the Great Wheel) (detail), ca. 1900. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 x 7 in. (13 x 17.8 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund, 1996.106.1. Photograph by Randy Dodson · License · Source ↗