The Realisms Of Berenice Abbott

Author : Terri Weissman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520947452
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( 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 315 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.

Author : Terri Weissman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520266757
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( 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.

Author : George Sullivan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618440269
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( 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.

Author : Julia Van Haaften
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393292789
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott written by Julia Van Haaften and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 0 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.

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Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Berenice Abbott's Changing New York, 1935-1939 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Berenice Abbott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( 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.

Author : Sharon Corwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520265622
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Modern written by Sharon Corwin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume 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.

Author : Berenice Abbott
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( 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:

Author : Steven Heller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1581158300
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Education of a Photographer written by Steven Heller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Ideal for art students at every level • Illuminating words about creating great images • Published in association with New York’s School of Visual Arts. What does it mean to become a photographer in the twenty-first century? This thoughtful collection of essays illuminates the spirit of the people who make the indelible images of our times. Aspiring and professional photographers—especially those in arts programs throughout the United States—will appreciate the comprehensive vision of The Education of a Photographer. Classic writings from the twentieth century as well as the thoughts of the most influential talents working today, plus essays from designers, editors, and gallery owners, make this a compelling look at what drives and inspires photographers to create great work. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Author : Liz Heron
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000324680
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( 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.