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Berenice Abbott (17 July, 1898 - 9 December, 1991) was an American photographer known for her black and white images of New York City.
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'''Berenice Abbott''' was born 17 July, 1898 in Springford, Ohio. After having graduated in Ohio she moved to New York and studied journalism, sculpture and painting. In 1921 she moved to Paris where she studied sculpture with Emile Bourdelle, learned [[photography]] as assistant of Man Ray since 1923, and founded an own [[photographic studio]] in 1926. She had the chance to portray many of the most famous artists of the 1920s. When she returned to the [[USA]] she was surprised how fast the American Cities had changed. Soon she started to document New York City photographically. Partially that project became a photographic documentation of the Great Depression. Since 1935 her documentation project "Changing New York" was subsidized by the state's "Federal Art Project" so that she had assistants and a car for her photographic City exploration.
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She taught at the New School for Social Research in New York from the 1930s until 1958. Together with photographer Paul Strand she founded the Photo League. She returned to portrait photography in the 1940s and found new challenges the area of scholarly photography. She made further documentations like that of a trip on the US Route 1 from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida. A highlight of her work were unique photographs of artistic height and scientific value which she made for the Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy, showing physics phenomenas in new aesthetic and explanative way.
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She died in 1991.
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'''Berenice Abbott''' was born in Springford, Ohio, in 1898. After having graduated in Ohio she moved to New York and studied journalism, sculpture and painting. In 1921 she moved to Paris where she studied sculpture with Emile Bourdelle, learned [[photography]] as assistant of Man Ray since 1923, and founded an own [[photographic studio]] in 1926. She had the chance to portray many of the most famous artists of the 1920s. When she returned to the [[USA]] she was surprised how fast the American Cities had changed. Soon she started to document New York City photographically. Partially that project became a photographic documentation of the Great Depression. Since 1935 her documentation project "Changing New York" was subsidized by the state's "Federal Art Project" so that she had assistants and a car for her photographic City exploration.
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|image_text= Penn Station, Manhattan 1935<br/>(New York Public Library)
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|image_text= Hot Dog Stand, Manhattan 1936<br/>(New York Public Library)
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She taught at the New School for Social Research in New York from the 1930s until 1958. Together with photographer Paul Strand she founded the Photo League. She returned to portrait photography in the 1940s and found new challenges the area of scholarly photography. She made further documentations like that of a trip on the US Route 1 from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida. A highlight of her work were unique photographs of artistic height and scientific value which she made for the Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy, showing physics phenomenas in new aesthetic and explanative way.
 
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She died in 1991.
 
  
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==References==
 
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*[http://www.artsmia.org/get-the-picture/print/abbott.shtml about Berenice Abbott] in Get The Picture [http://www.artsmia.org/get-the-picture/]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/sets/72157610903925533/with/3109785385/ Flickr album: "Changing New York, 1935-1938"] - 160 photos by Berenice Abbot from New York Public Library
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*[http://www.commercegraphics.com/ba.html Berenice Abbott Gallery]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/groups/berenice_abbott/ Flickr group: Berenice Abbott] - Modern photos inspired by Berenice Abbott's work]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/sets/72157610903925533/with/3109785385/ Flickr album "Changing New York] by Berenice Abbot/New York Public Library
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*[http://www.artsmia.org/get-the-picture/print/abbott.shtml Get the Picture: Berenice Abbott] - Biography, quotes and photos by Berenice Abbott from [http://www.artsmia.org/get-the-picture/ Get the Picture]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/groups/berenice_abbott/ Flickr group with new images inspired by Berenice Abbott]
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*[http://www.commercegraphics.com/ba.html Commerce Graphics Ltd, Inc.] - Company formed in 1985 to manage exhibition and sale of Berenice Abbott's photography
  
 
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Berenice Abbott (17 July, 1898 - 9 December, 1991) was an American photographer known for her black and white images of New York City.

7180859537_1079f95d36.jpg
Berenice Abbott, 1997
image by Hank O'Neal (Image rights)

Berenice Abbott was born 17 July, 1898 in Springford, Ohio. After having graduated in Ohio she moved to New York and studied journalism, sculpture and painting. In 1921 she moved to Paris where she studied sculpture with Emile Bourdelle, learned photography as assistant of Man Ray since 1923, and founded an own photographic studio in 1926. She had the chance to portray many of the most famous artists of the 1920s. When she returned to the USA she was surprised how fast the American Cities had changed. Soon she started to document New York City photographically. Partially that project became a photographic documentation of the Great Depression. Since 1935 her documentation project "Changing New York" was subsidized by the state's "Federal Art Project" so that she had assistants and a car for her photographic City exploration.

She taught at the New School for Social Research in New York from the 1930s until 1958. Together with photographer Paul Strand she founded the Photo League. She returned to portrait photography in the 1940s and found new challenges the area of scholarly photography. She made further documentations like that of a trip on the US Route 1 from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida. A highlight of her work were unique photographs of artistic height and scientific value which she made for the Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy, showing physics phenomenas in new aesthetic and explanative way.

She died in 1991.


Example Photos

3109776305_0f15de0a3b_m.jpg
Herald Square, Manhattan 1936
(New York Public Library)
image by Berenice Abbott (Image rights)
3109788657_f8acd73be7_m.jpg
Newsstand, Manhattan 1935
(New York Public Library)
image by Berenice Abbott (Image rights)
3109774689_63063185d0_m.jpg
City Vista, West St, Manhattan 1938
(New York Public Library)
image by Berenice Abbott (Image rights)


3110609014_205dcefcc1_m.jpg
Penn Station, Manhattan 1935
(New York Public Library)
image by Berenice Abbott (Image rights)
3109780483_9669d76901_m.jpg
Hot Dog Stand, Manhattan 1936
(New York Public Library)
image by Berenice Abbott (Image rights)
3109773761_28b35190e0_m.jpg
Washington St, Manhattan 1936
(New York Public Library)
image by Berenice Abbott (Image rights)



References

Links

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