Berenice Abbott
1898 - 1991
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Biography
Berenice Abbott was an American photographer known for her portraits and urban photography. She gained recognition for her documentary project 'Changing New York,' which captured the transformation of the cityscape in the 1930s. Abbott's work explored the intersections of art and science, as she also developed innovative techniques in photography and contributed to scientific photography. Her iconic black-and-white images remain influential in the world of photography today.
Famous Quotes (5)
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Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.
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I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else.
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The challenge is to make that which is before you appear not as it is, but as it can be.
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A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.
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Photography helps people to see.