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Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography

Author : Julia Van Haaften
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393292797
Total Pages : 959 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography written by Julia Van Haaften and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 959 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comprehensive biography of the iconic twentieth-century American photographer Berenice Abbott, a trailblazing documentary modernist, author, and inventor. Berenice Abbott is to American photography as Georgia O’Keeffe is to painting or Willa Cather to letters. She was a photographer of astounding innovation and artistry, a pioneer in both her personal and professional life. Abbott’s sixty-year career established her not only as a master of American photography, but also as a teacher, writer, archivist, and inventor. Famously reticent in public, Abbott’s fascinating life has long remained a mystery—until now. In Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography, author, archivist, and curator Julia Van Haaften brings this iconic public figure to life alongside outlandish, familiar characters from artist Man Ray to cybernetics founder Norbert Wiener. A teenage rebel from Ohio, Abbott escaped first to Greenwich Village and then to Paris—photographing, in Sylvia Beach’s words, "everyone who was anyone." As the Roaring Twenties ended, Abbott returned to New York, where she soon fell in love with art critic Elizabeth McCausland, with whom she would spend thirty years. In the 1930s, Abbott began her best-known work, Changing New York, in which she fearlessly documented the city’s metamorphosis. When warned by an older male supervisor that "nice girls" avoid the Bowery—then Manhattan’s skid row—Abbott shot back, "I’m not a nice girl. I’m a photographer…I go anywhere." This bold, feminist attitude would characterize all Abbott’s accomplishments, including imaging techniques she invented in her influential, space race–era science photography and her tenure as The New School’s first photography teacher. With more than ninety stunning photos, this sweeping, cinematic biography secures Berenice Abbott’s place in the histories of photography and modern art, while framing her incredible accomplishments as a female artist and entrepreneur.

The Realisms of Berenice Abbott

Author : Terri Weissman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520266757
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Realisms of Berenice Abbott written by Terri Weissman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Realisms of Berenice Abbott provides the first in-depth consideration of the work of photographer Berenice Abbott. Though best known for her 1930s documentary images of New York City, this book examines a broad range of Abbott’s work—including portraits from the 1920s, little known and uncompleted projects from the 1930s, and experimental science photography from the 1950s. It argues that Abbott consistently relied on realism as the theoretical armature for her work, even as her understanding of that term changed over time and in relation to specific historical circumstances. But as Weissman demonstrates, Abbott’s unflinching commitment to “realist” aesthetics led her to develop a critical theory of documentary that recognizes the complexity of representation without excluding or obscuring a connection between art and engagement in the political public sphere. In telling Abbott’s story, The Realisms of Berenice Abbott reveals insights into the politics and social context of documentary production and presents a thoughtful analysis of why documentary remains a compelling artistic strategy today.

Berenice Abbott, Photographer

Author : George Sullivan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618440269
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott, Photographer written by George Sullivan and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

A Guide to Better Photography

Author : Gwendolyn Olmsted Alexander
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1438945647
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Better Photography written by Gwendolyn Olmsted Alexander and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author does a brilliant job demonstrating the proper way to take a photograph. She shows through example after example using over 100 color photographs better approaches to lighting, the importance of colors and tones, the execution of perspective, balance, centering, and most importantly focusing tactics. With the summer traveling season soon upon us, A Guide to Better Photography offers the novice photographer sound advice on all the techniques used by the professional photographer for taking exceptional photographs. This book is recommended to people of all ages who have struggled with the art of photography, or just taking a picture, but can't seem to make it work. This guide offers quick and easy solutions to taking better photographs.

New York Changing

Author : Douglas Levere
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book New York Changing written by Douglas Levere and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1935 the renowned photographer Berenice Abbott set out on a five-year, WPA-funded project to document New York's transformation from a nineteenth-century city into a modern metropolis of towering skyscrapers. The result was the landmark publication Changing New York, a milestone in the history of photography that stands as an indispensable record of the Depression-era city. More than sixty years later, New York is an even denser city of steel-and-glass and restless energy. Guided by Abbott's voice and vision, New York photographer Douglas Levere has revisited the sites of 100 of Abbott's photographs, meticulously duplicating her compositions with exacting detail; each shot is taken at the same time of day, at the same time of year, and with the same type of camera. New York Changing pairs Levere's and Abbott's images, resulting in a remarkable commentary on the evolution of a metropolis known for constantly reinventing itself.

American Modern

Author : Sharon Corwin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520265629
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book American Modern written by Sharon Corwin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, a companion to the exhibition of the same name, explores the reinvention of documentary photography in the 1930s, focusing on the work of three iconic figures: Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, and Margaret Bourke-White.

Berenice Abbott

Author : Bonnie Yochelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565843776
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott written by Bonnie Yochelson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A re-release of an acclaimed volume features definitive images of 1930s New York, in a deluxe edition that features more than three hundred duotones as taken with the support of the WPA's Federal Art Project documenting Depression-era changes throughout the city. Reissue.

Documentary in Dispute

Author : Sarah M. Miller
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 026204417X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Documentary in Dispute written by Sarah M. Miller and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recreation of a landmark in 1930s documentary photography. The 1939 book Changing New York by Berenice Abbott, with text by Elizabeth McCausland, is a landmark of American documentary photography and the career-defining publication by one of modernism's most prominent photographers. Yet no one has ever seen the book that Abbott and McCausland actually planned and wrote. In this book, art historian Sarah M. Miller recreates Abbott and McCausland's original manuscript for Changing New York by sequencing Abbott's one hundred photographs with McCausland's astonishing caption texts. This reconstruction is accompanied by a selection of archival documents that illuminate how the project was developed, and how the original publisher drastically altered it. Miller analyzes the manuscript and its revisions to unearth Abbott and McCausland's critical engagement with New York City's built environment and their unique theory of documentary photography. The battle over Changing New York, she argues, stemmed from disputes over how Abbott's photographs—and photography more broadly—should shape urban experience on the eve of the futuristic 1939 World's Fair. Ultimately it became a contest over the definition of documentary itself. Gary Van Zante and Julia Van Haaften contribute an essay on Abbott's archive and the partnership with McCausland that shaped their creative collaboration. Copublished with Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto

Documenting Science

Author : Berenice Abbott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Documenting Science written by Berenice Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berenice Abbott was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s. Abbott's style of straight photography helped her make important contributions to scientific photography, as shown in this book.

Lisette Model

Author : Lisette Model
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780893810504
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Lisette Model written by Lisette Model and published by . This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than fifty works by the contemporary photographer display her portraits of vacationers in Nice during the 1930s as well as stark views of New York City's forgotten residents

Books on Books 1

Author : Eugène Atget
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Books on Books 1 written by Eugène Atget and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text by David Campany, Pierre Mac Orlan, Jeffrey Ladd.

The New Woman Behind the Camera

Author : Andrea Nelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942884743
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book The New Woman Behind the Camera written by Andrea Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the many ways women around the world helped shape modern photography from the 1920s to the 1950s as they captured images of a radically changing world During the 1920s the New Woman was easy to recognize but hard to define. Hair bobbed and fashionably dressed, this iconic figure of modernity was everywhere, splashed across magazine pages or projected on the silver screen. A global phenomenon, she embodied an ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art--including photography. This groundbreaking, richly illustrated book looks at those "new women" who embraced the camera as a mode of expression and made a profound impact on the medium from the 1920s to the 1950s. Thematic chapters explore how women emerged as a driving force in modern photography, bringing their own perspective to artistic experimentation, studio portraiture, fashion and advertising work, scenes of urban life, ethnography and photojournalism. Featuring work by 120 photographers, this volume expands the history of photography by critically examining an international array of canonical and less well-known women photographers, from Berenice Abbott, Dorothea Lange and Lola Álvarez Bravo to Germaine Krull, Tsuneko Sasamoto and Homai Vyarawalla. Against the odds, these women produced invaluable visual testimony that reflects both their personal experiences and the extraordinary social and political transformations of the era.

Photographs

Author : Berenice Abbott
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Photographs written by Berenice Abbott and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Signs of Life

Author : Peter Sekaer
Publisher : Steidl
ISBN 13 : 9783869301204
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Signs of Life written by Peter Sekaer and published by Steidl. This book was released on 2010 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Sekaer (1901-50) emerged as an artist in the company of Ben Shahn, Berenice Abbott, and Walker Evans. This book intends to show how he stepped from their benign shadows to build his own distinctive style. It is the first monograph to show the full range of his accomplishments. Sekaers early work combines dispassionate images with others that show his concern and intuitive grasp of the human condition. Many of his most memorable photographs were made while fulfilling mundane assignments for various government agencies. Sekaer had none of the reformers passion found in the works of Jacob Riis or Lewis Hine. His stance was more that of the artist/anthropologist, who delighted in recording the artifacts and gestures that defined American society in the 1930s. John T. Hill is a photographer, designer, and formerly Director of Graduate Studies in Photography at Yale University. He first became attracted to Sekaers work in his capacity as executor of the Walker Evans estate. He is co-author of Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye and author of Walker Evans: Lyric Documentary. Current projects include volumes on the works of Herbert Matter and Norman Ives. Julian Cox is curator of photography at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. His recent publications include The Portrait Unbound: Photographs by Robert Weingarten (2010), Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 (2008) and Harry Callahan: Eleanor (2007). Christina Sekaer, is the younger daughter of Peter Sekaer. In addition to her work as a psychiatrist, she is active as a photographer and painter. She lives in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Co-Published with the High Museum of Art, Atlanta in cooperation with the Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York. Exhibition: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, June 5, 2010 to January 9, 2011

Illuminations

Author : Liz Heron
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000324680
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Illuminations written by Liz Heron and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of women's writings on photography proposes a new and different history, demonstrating the ways in which women's perspectives have advanced photographic criticism over 150 years, focusing it more deeply and, with the advent of feminist approaches, increasingly challenging its orthodoxies. Included in the book are Rosalind Krauss, Ingrid Sischy, Vicki Goldberg and Carol Squiers.

Atget

Author : John Szarkowski
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN 13 : 0870705784
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Atget written by John Szarkowski and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2003 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the essence of the work of the great French photographer Eugène Atget through one hundred carefully selected photographs. Atget devoted more than thirty years of his life to the task of documenting the city of Paris and the surrounding countryside, and in the process created an oeuvre that brilliantly explains the great richness, complexity, and authentic character of his native culture. John Szarkowski, an acknowledged master of the art of looking at photographs, explores the unique sensibilities that made Atget one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century and a vital influence on the development of modern and contemporary photography. The eloquent introductory text and commentaries on Atget’s photographs form an extended essay on the remarkable visual intelligence displayed in these subtle, sometimes enigmatic pictures.

New York Rises

Author : Eugene de Salignac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book New York Rises written by Eugene de Salignac and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from more than 20,000 glass-plate negatives and 10,000 vintage photographic prints, this large-format catalog features the work of Eugene de Salignac, official photographer of the New York City Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures from 1906 to 1945. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition of de Salignac's work at the Museum of the City of New York, it includes chapters on his photographs of city inspections, accidents, and the city's major bridges.