{"product_id":"berenice-abbott-portraits-of-modernity-9788498447040","title":"Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superbly printed, definitive volume on the beloved American modernist photographer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handsome publication presents legendary American photographer Berenice Abbott's work in three categories: her portraits, photographs of the city and scientific photographs. The opening section presents Abbott's portraits of mold-breaking individuals who changed the world from the mid-1920s onward such as Djuna Barnes, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's Janet Flanner, Jean Cocteau and James Joyce. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe second part offers a dazzling portrait of New York which takes into account Abbott's relations with and her fascination for the work of Eugène Atget by including an introductory group of his photographs, which she printed from his negatives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third and final section focuses on Abbott's scientific photographs, which she started to produce in the late 1940s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBerenice Abbott was undoubtedly one of the defining portraitists of New York. Shops, people, bridges, streets, interiors, famous buildings under construction seen from outside or from above (the same ones that are visible today from the highway that runs round Manhattan) together make up this portrait. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerenice Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e (1891-1991) was born in Springfield, Ohio. She began her photography career in 1923, as Man Ray's darkroom assistant. Her work is collected in some of the most prestigious museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fundacion Mapfre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788498447040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.10h x 9.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berenice Abbott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403518374069,"sku":"9788498447040","price":55.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8467adb0-e568-40d8-a4ad-e4bb6e2b1383.jpg?v=1774969511","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/berenice-abbott-portraits-of-modernity-9788498447040","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}