Berenice Abbott
(1898-1991)
Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s. Super Sight, also known as the Abbott Process, is a form of macro photography developed in the early 1940s by Berenice Abbott.
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Modernist exploration of 1930s New York's urban transformation, highlighting the contrast between historic architecture and the emergence of towering skyscrapers.
Books
Berenice Abbott: Changing New York
- The New Press, 1999
Old Paris and Changing New York: Photographs by Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott
- Yale University Press, 2018
Berenice Abbott
- Hazan, 2012
Berenice Abbott
- Thames & Hudson, 2010
Berenice Abbott
- Steidl, 2008
Berenice Abbott: Photographs
- Horizon Press, 1970
The Unknown Berenice Abbott
- Steidl, 2013
Berenice Abbott: American Photographer
- McGraw Hill, 1982
The Berenice Abbott Portfolios
- Glenbow Museum, 1982
Berenice Abbott & Eugène Atget
- Arena Editions, 2002
Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography
- W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
Berenice Abbott, Photographer: A Modern Vision
Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision
- Clarion Books, 2006
Berenice Abbott: Masters of Photography Series
- Aperture, 1997