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Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision
by Sullivan, George
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0618440267
- ISBN 13
- 9780618440269
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About This Item
Clarion Books, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 10x8x0. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket under clear mylar cover. This biography draws on interviews with her contemporaries and high- quality reproductions of some of her most famous photographs to provide an illuminating image of this determined, spirited woman who changed the face of American photography. Bibliography, index. Abbott was an American photographer best known for her portraits of between-the-wars 20th century cultural figures, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation in the 1940s to 1960s. Measures 8.25x10.25 inches. 170p.
Synopsis
One theme repeatedly crops up in the life and career of Berenice Abbott: her refusal to be defined by other people’s expectations. Spurning traditional roles for women of her era, she lived a bohemian life among other artists in New York’s Greenwich Village and Paris, and embarked upon a career in what was then a male-dominated field. Decades later, her photographs are celebrated as some of the most authentic images of a city ever captured on film, and she is remembered not only as a master American photographer but also as a teacher, writer, inventor, and photographic archivist. Veteran nonfiction writer George Sullivan draws on his vast knowledge of the photographic world to chronicle Berenice Abbott’s life and career, and to present a fascinating social portrait of the artistic community of New York in the early half of the 20th century. Interviews with her contemporaries and high- quality reproductions of some of her most famous photographs provide an illuminating image of this determined, spirited woman who changed the face of American photography. Bibliography, index.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33374
- Title
- Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision
- Author
- Sullivan, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0618440267
- ISBN 13
- 9780618440269
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 10x8x0
- Keywords
- 20th Century Photography, Urban Studies, Art and Society, New York City, Architecture, Urban Design, 20th Century Art
- X weight
- 26 oz
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