Title: Berenice Abbott, photographer : an independent vision /
Authors: Sullivan, George, 1927-
Publisher: Clarion Books,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Abbott, Berenice, Juvenile literature.; Abbott, Berenice,; Photographers United States Biography Juvenile literature; Women photographers United States Biography Juvenile literature.; Photographers United States Biography.; Women photographers United States Biography.
Abstract: A biography of Berenice Abbott, who was a pioneer in the field of professional photography and is particularly acclaimed for her photographs of the streets and buildings of New York City before they were replaced by skyscrapers during a building boom in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Contents: Spirit of a rebel -- Village -- Paris -- "A magical record" -- New beginning -- "A big theme" -- Pictures of a changing city -- Teacher, author, inventor -- Focusing on science -- Awakening interest -- Woman of Maine -- American master -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.