August 2006 (UTC)

Abbott is primarily notable as a photographer, as the rescuer of the works of Atget, as somebody who argued for certain ideals in photography, and to a lesser extent as a didactic writer on photography, as a poet, etc. I don't think she's notable as somebody who did (or didn't) have various love affairs. Surprised and dismayed by the percentage of space devoted to the latter, I separated it and dumped it in the second half of the article. I'm now not so sure that this was a good idea: for one thing, it forces a certain amount of repetition. Better, I now think, to have a more or less chronologically arranged article about her photographic and other achievements that's supplemented, where and to an extent appropriate, by personal material. Comments?   00:31, 15