Paris of the early 1900s may have...

Paris of the early 1900s may have been known for its fashions, painters and cancan dancers, but like other cities it had its share of lampshade peddlers, street pavers and butcher shops.

Both worlds come to life at the Norton Simon Museum in “Atget and the Modern Urban Landscape,” which features the work of early 20th-Century French photographer Eugene Atget and photographers who depicted urban centers in his style from the 1930s to the ‘60s. The exhibit will run until summer.

Atget captured the everyday life of Paris and other major French cities with uncompromising realism from the late 1800s to the time of his death in 1927. His insistence on shooting his subjects in the most natural setting possible has influenced photographers to this day.

The museum is open Thursday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for students and seniors. Free reproductions will be given to patrons as they leave the exhibit, which opened Thursday. The Norton Simon Museum is at 411 W. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena.