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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 11, 1991 · Berenice Abbott, a pioneer of modern American photography, died yesterday at her home in Monson, Me. She was 93 years old. She died of congestive heart failure, said Hank O'Neal, her...
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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Aug 16, 2023 · Abbott often pointed her camera skyward to exaggerate the intimidating height of new corporate towers. via Berenice Abbott/Commerce Graphics. By Karen Rosenberg. Aug. 16, 2023. If you were...
Aug 30, 2019 · As it turned out, she died two years later. But there was no doubt she had achieved her ambition to represent the century, both as a woman who forged her own career and as a photographer who had...
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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.
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Apr 23, 2024 · Berenice Abbott was born on July 17, 1898, in Springfield, Ohio. Raised by her divorced mother, her childhood environment provided a backdrop that sharply contrasted with the vibrant cityscapes she would later document. Abbott’s journey into photography began with her exposure to the bohemian and avant-garde circles of Paris and New York ...
