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Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) [2] was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s.
Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s.
Dec 9, 1991 · Learn about Berenice Abbott, a realist photographer who documented New York and Paris, and collected and promoted the work of Eugène Atget. Explore her portraits, science photography, and photo book on Changing New York.
- American
- July 17, 1898
- Springfield, Ohio
- December 9, 1991
Berenice Abbott (born July 17, 1898, Springfield, Ohio, U.S.—died December 9, 1991, Monson, Maine) was a photographer best known for her photographic documentation of New York City in the late 1930s and for her preservation of the works of Eugène Atget.
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She was planning to live until she was 102, the American photographer Berenice Abbott told the documentary film-makers Kay Weaver and Martha Wheelock when they came to Maine to film her in the...
An exhibition of the photographer Berenice Abbott's album of 266 black-and-white prints of New York City in 1929, showing her urban vision and creative process. The exhibition also includes views of Paris by Eugène Atget and New York by her contemporaries.
An American photographer, Berenice Abbott was a central figure in and important bridge between the photographic circles and cultural hubs of Paris and New York.
