Eugene Atget spent 30 years from 1897 to 1927 taking over 8,500 photographs of Paris. The photographs have a stillness due the use of a large format (18cm x 24cm) plate camera with a rectilinear lens and the need for long exposures:
http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Eugene-Atget.html
http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Eugene__Atget/A/
