Berenice abbott biography summary organizers

          Born in Springfield, Ohio, Bernice Abbott (July 17, – December 9, ) rebelled against the dominant social conventions of her era and transformed.

        1. Abbott adopted the identical three-part organization in her outline: “material aspect,” “means of life,” and “people and how they live.” Abbott.
        2. Born on July 17, , in Springfield, River, Berenice Abbott was a artist who became famous for documenting the architectural landscape of Latest York City.
        3. Abbott is best remembered for vertiginous perspectives on the city's modern skyscrapers—compositions that reveal technological and economic.
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          5. Born on July 17, , in Springfield, River, Berenice Abbott was a artist who became famous for documenting the architectural landscape of Latest York City..

          Summary of Berenice Abbott

          Berenice Abbott was an American photographer known for her portraits and documentary photographs which stressed the communicative, even educational value of the photographic print.

          She pursued a realist vision in recording history and her own historical experience in order to potentially affect change in her audience. Her photographs purposely facilitated the interaction and dialogue between the photographer, the photographic print, and the viewer.

          This reviewer happily and with great anticipation opened Julia Van Haaften's hefty biography of American photographer Berenice Abbott ().

          Abbott's realist approach to photography stems from her career as a portrait photographer in Paris as well as the influence of Eugène Atget's photographic realism. After eight years in Paris, Abbott moved to New York in 1929 to document the modern transformation of the city.

          The resulting book Changing New York (1935-1938) received critical acclaim and has continued to resonate to this day.

          Accomplishments

          • For Abbott, the photographic image had to be honest, contingent, and objective to be communicative.