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Untitled (U.S. Route 1), Maine

Berenice Abbott

Date: negative about 1968; print later
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Clapboard sided building labeled "Town Hall". In the foreground a sign indicates US Route 1 and Pine Tree Trail.

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Creator

Berenice Abbott

American Photographer · 1898–1991

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> The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective. What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the mystery of personal selection at the heart of it. The second challenge has been to impose order onto the things seen and to supply the v