"BERENICE ABBOTT. PHOTOGRAPHS". Collectif. Editions Tenth Avenue for The Smithsonian Institution Press, New York. 1990. Grand in-8 dos droit, couverture souple cartonnée photo. 176 pages. Texte en anglais, avant-propos par Muriel Rukeyser, introduction par David Vestal, illustré de 132 reproductions photographiques noir & blanc, pleine page pour la plupart, par Berenice Abbott.

 

"The work of one of the great photographers of the twentieth century is here presented in the first comprehensive collection of her important photographs. The book is divided into three main sections: "Faces of the Twenties" includes portraits of the major writers and artists of the time. "New York" includes the renowned photographs of Trinity Church, Pennsylvania Station, Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center… which comprise Abbott's world-famous portraits of the City. "Science" includes a selection of photographs of the physical phenomena on which Abbott has concentrated for more than twenty years, employing special techniques… This volume comprises a definitive album of the major work of Berenice Abbott."

 

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