Berenice Abbott
By: introduction and commentary by Julia Van Haaften
Contributors: Van Haaften, Julia, author of contributing content
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Aperture masters of photography; Aperture masters of photography
Publisher: Aperture Foundation
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781597113120
Subjects: Portrait photography; Street photography; Artistic Photography; Photography; Pictorial works
Description: In this redesigned and expanded version of a classic Aperture book, the work of Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) is introduced by historian Julia Van Haaften, and includes new, image-by-image commentary and a chronology of this artist's life. An innovative documentary photographer, Abbott pioneered the depiction of scientific subject matter and photographed the fast-changing landscape of her times. Abbott studied journalism for a year in Ohio before moving to New York in 1918 to study sculpture, where she met Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. She later moved to France in the 1920s and worked for Ray in his portrait studio before setting out on her own. Her portraits captured many individuals associated with avant-garde art movements, including author James Joyce and artist Max Ernst. Moving back to New York at the end of the decade, she began her renowned Changing New York series (later published as a book in 1939) and went on to become picture editor for Science Illustrated.