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Berenice Abbott, Photographer : An Independent Vision
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Berenice Abbott, Photographer
Author(s): George Sullivan
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.
Review(s):
"This gorgeously produced volume is a fine celebration of...an important American artist. The prose is lively and engaging." Kirkus Reviews, Starred
"A fine portrait of a significant photographer." Booklist, ALA, Starred Review
"Thoroughly instructive and inspiring." Horn Book
"A detailed biography of the photographer and innovator who felt that she made photographs and didn't just take them." School Library Journal
"In a compelling, generously illustrated biography, Sullivan presents both woman and work within appropriate social, artistic, and technological contexts." Horn Book Guide, Pointer
Amelia Bloomer List, New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
ISBN: 9780618440269
Author(s): George Sullivan
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.
Review(s):
"This gorgeously produced volume is a fine celebration of...an important American artist. The prose is lively and engaging." Kirkus Reviews, Starred
"A fine portrait of a significant photographer." Booklist, ALA, Starred Review
"Thoroughly instructive and inspiring." Horn Book
"A detailed biography of the photographer and innovator who felt that she made photographs and didn't just take them." School Library Journal
"In a compelling, generously illustrated biography, Sullivan presents both woman and work within appropriate social, artistic, and technological contexts." Horn Book Guide, Pointer
Amelia Bloomer List, New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
ISBN: 9780618440269