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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.
- Photography
- December 9, 1991 (aged 93), Monson, Maine, US
- Bernice Alice Abbott, July 17, 1898, Springfield, Ohio, US
- New Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Maine, U.S.
Learn about Berenice Abbott, a central figure in the photographic circles of Paris and New York, who documented the changing cityscape of New York and rescued the legacy of Eugène Atget. Explore her biography, works, exhibitions, and publications at MoMA.
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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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.
At the turn of the century and again after World War I, it seemed that most of the artistic and literary ferment of the modern world was focused in that city. To Paris in the 1920s came Berenice Abbott, a young woman fresh from Ohio State University's School of Journalism and from New York's Greenwich Village.
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Aug 16, 2023 · Berenice Abbott Captured Manhattan’s Heady Skyscraper Boom - The New York Times. Last Chance. Berenice Abbott Captured Manhattan in the Throes of Heady Change. With skyscrapers rising...
