The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball.
Berenice Abbott Quotes
Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.
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| Birth: | 17th July, 1898 |
| Death: | 9th December, 1991 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Photographer |
About
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. She shared an apartment on Greenwich Avenue with several others, including the writer Djuna Barnes, philosopher Kenneth Burke, and literary critic Malcolm Cowley. At first she pursued journalism, but soon became interested in theater and sculpture. In 1919 she nearly died in the influenza pandemic.
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