Berenice Abbott
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Berenice Abbott was an influential American photographer best known for her black-and-white images documenting New York City’s architecture and urban transformation in the early 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photographer
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human ⓘ photographer ⓘ portrait photographer ⓘ street photographer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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National Medal of Arts ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-07-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-12-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ohio State University
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Parsons School of Design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Federal Art Project
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New School for Social Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
documentary photography
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photography ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ scientific photography ⓘ |
| givenName | Berenice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
George Eastman Museum
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Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Smithsonian American Art Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | documentary photographers of urban life ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Eugène Atget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
black-and-white photography
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documenting urban transformation of New York City ⓘ photographs of New York City architecture ⓘ scientific photographs illustrating physical principles ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| name | Berenice Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery
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Canyon: Broadway and Exchange Place NERFINISHED ⓘ Changing New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Eugène Atget portrait NERFINISHED ⓘ James Joyce portrait ⓘ New York at Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Nightview, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Wall Street, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
photographer
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teacher ⓘ |
| partner | Elizabeth McCausland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Springfield, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Monson, Maine, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Maine
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New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | lesbian ⓘ |
| workedAt | Federal Art Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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