Berenice Abbott
American Photographer · 1898–1991
22 works on LinkedCulture
> 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
Works
American Shops, Lodi, NJ, 30-Jul-54
Getty Museum · negative July 30, 1954; print 1970s
Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia, 13-Jun-54
Getty Museum · negative June 13, 1954; print later
Chanin Building, New York
Getty Museum · about 1935
Driftwood Inn, Vero Beach, Florida
Getty Museum · 1954
Edward Hopper, Greenwich Village, New York
Getty Museum · 1947
George Washington Bridge, New York
Getty Museum · 1937
Hell Gate Bridge, New York
Getty Museum · about 1935
House Belfast, Maine
Getty Museum · 1954
James Joyce, Paris
Getty Museum · negative 1928; print later
Lobster Traps, Maine
Getty Museum · 1968
Manhattan Bridge, Rec. Area, New York
Getty Museum · about 1935
Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne, Florida
Getty Museum · 1954
New River Queen, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Getty Museum · 1954
Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse in the U.S.A
Getty Museum · negative 1954; print later
Orchids, Miami, Florida
Getty Museum · 1954
Saxony Hotel, Miami, Florida
Getty Museum · 1954
Untitled (construction workers)
Getty Museum · negative 1954; print later
Untitled (corner of McElderry Street and Aisquith Street), Baltimore, Maryland
Getty Museum · 1954
Untitled (on ramp to the NY State route 9A)
Getty Museum · negative about 1935; print later
Untitled (parkway below structure), New York
Getty Museum · negative about 1935; print later
Untitled (Statue)
Getty Museum · negative 1954; print later
Untitled (U.S. Route 1), Maine
Getty Museum · negative about 1968; print later