The Urban Chronicler of Paris Germain Eugène Bonneton did not seek to reinvent the world; he sought to record it. His work functions as a visual ledger of a Paris undergoing rapid transformation at the turn of the century. While others chased the fleeting light of Impressionism, Bonneton focused on the structural reality of the city. He captured the grit and the geometry of the streets, the passages, and the riverbanks with a restraine…