Berenice Abbott

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About Berenice

Berenice was born on July 17 th 1898 in Springfield, Ohio She studied at Ohio state university and became involved with art scene of Greenwich in new York She studied art in new York, Berlin and Paris published a

Guide to Better Photography

(1941).

Bernice Abbott died in Monson, Maine, in 1991.

Photos were shown in Parisian art gallery in 1926, French

Vogue

and avant-garde magazines and The Museum of the City of New York.

Nightview New York, 1932 There is light from the city windows and street lights. The photo was taken at a high angle from the top of the Empire State Building. The whole city is the main focus. This picture represents a vibrant and energetic city. this picture has some natural lighting as well.

Canyon: Broadway and Exchange Place JULY 16, 1936

This picture was taken on exchange place to get the angle she faced the camera upward. three office towers: the Adams Building (1914) (center), Exchange Court (1898) (left), and the North American Building (1907) (right). It shows a small amount of light between the buildings. the buildings have a sort of jagged shape.

The fabric of construction

She used the narrow gaps between the high-rise buildings as a funnel to direct the your attention into the far distance where you can barely see an iron bridge This is a dark picture with a couple areas of light. this picture is supposed to demonstrate this place as a deserted area.

Best known for her black and white photography of new York architecture and urban design of the 1930s.

Tri-Boro Barber School, 264 Bowery.

This is one of her famous photograph's. I noticed that the sunlight shines on the barber school and then in the corner of darkness there is a man standing there leaning on the pole. and you can just barely see a guy staring out the window. I like the contrast of the light and the darkness.

1935 - Astoria, Queens; Hell Gate Bridge

This is one of the main bridges in Astoria. this picture was taken from an Astoria park. it is the biggest bridge in the world of it’s type. The bridge is not just a straight bridge it has a curvy style to it it stands out more then the usual bridge.

facts

she nearly died in the influenza pandemic Abbott first became involved with photography in 1923, when Man Ray , was looking for somebody who knew nothing about photography but would do as he said so he hired her as a darkroom assistant at his portrait studio in Montparnasse She then fell in love with photography

My sources

www.commons.wikimedia.org

Luciaadverse.wordpress.com

www.andrewward.com

www.guardian.co.uk

www.artsmia.org