Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity

Product Description Berenice Abbott was one of the first people to photograph New York. Seen through her camera lens the city became a living entity, a remarkable character whom visitors can now pursue as they move through its crowded streets, looking upwards to discover the modern beauty of its skyscrapers. Shops, people, bridges, streets, interiors, famous buildings under construction seen from outside or from above together make up this portrait. The publication presents Berenice Abbott’s work in several themes: her portraits, photographs of the city and scientific photographs. The opening section celebrates the modernity in Abbott’s portraits of mouldbreaking individuals who changed the world from the mid-1920s onwards. The second part offers a dazzling portrait of New York, and explores Abbott’s relationship with Atget and her fascination for him. It includes an introductory group of Atget’s photographs, which she printed from his negatives. The third and final section focuses on Abbott’s scientific photographs, which she began producing in the late 1940s. Review Presented by Fundación MAPFRE, the publication offers a journey through Abbott's career in the form of almost 200 photographs.-- "Pride Source" This handsome publication presents legendary American photographer Berenice Abbott's work in three categories: her portraits, photographs of the city and scientific photographs.-- "L'Oeil de la Photographie" Abbott has never been heralded as one of the defining giants of 20th-century photography. [...] The new monograph Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity may well change that.--Marisa Bartolucci "1stdibs" Abbott's phoros take the grid out of the grid. Symmetries give way to random architectural jostling. Buildings seem to be lean-ing on or over one another, slicing off at odd angles. It's an un-stable cityscape because it's still growing, indifferent to the com-forts of the people below.--John Leland "New York Times" Berenice Abbott captured the egomania and wanton development of New York's streetscapes almost a century ago.--John Leland "New York Times"