Born in Springfield, Ohio, Berenice Abbott spent the early part of her artistic career studying sculpture in New York, Berlin, and Paris. Her introduction to photography came when she made contact with the famed Surrealist Man Ray, who hired her as a darkroom assistant. Upon return to New York, Abbot began documenting the city in the manner of one of her major influences Eugène Atget. She is best known for her series Changing New York (1936–1938), which captured the architecture and shifting social landscape of New York during the Great Depression as a part of the WPA’s Federal Art Project. These images were both critically and commercially successful and remains a classic text for historians of photography today.
Selected Works
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Berenice Abbott
Gun Smith & Police Department
c. 1935, printed 1979
Silver gelatin print Edition 17/60
Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott
Columbus Circle
c. 1935, printed 1979
Silver gelatin print Edition 17/60
Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott
Treasury Building from J.P. Morgan’s Office
c. 1935, printed 1979
Silver gelatin print Edition 17/60
Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott
Snuff Shop
c. 1935, printed 1979
Silver gelatin print Edition 17/60
Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott
Rothman's Pawnshop
c. 1935, printed 1979
Silver gelatin print Edition 17/60
Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott
Sumner Healey Antique Shop
c. 1935, printed 1979
Silver gelatin print Edition 17/60
Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott
Department of Docks
c. 1935; printed 1979
Gelatin silver print
15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Edition 17/60
Berenice Abbott
Jacob Heymann Butcher Shop, 345 Sixth Avenue
1938, printed 1970s
Silver Print
10 1/2" x 13 1/4"
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