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Berenice Abbott. Cedar Street from William Street, Manhattan. March 26, 1936. Gelatin silver print. 9 1/2 × 7 1/4" (24.1 × 18.4 cm). Thomas Walther Collection. Abbott-Levy Collection funds, by exchange. 1601.2001. © 2024 Estate of Berenice Abbott. Photography

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The photographs in Berenice Abbott’s Paris Portraits 1925-1930 document how international the community of modernists was between the wars, and are evidence of Abbott’s first experiments with lighting, angles, and equipment. The portraits’ sparseness only amplifies the ambition they contain—of both subjects and photographer. One of the pleasures of a great portrait is the unending present exposure it offers us, as if the sitter is just about to reveal something. Abbott’s client list is…

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Abbott, Berenice (1898-1991) - 1926 Cocteau's Hands by RasMarley, via Flickr Berenice Abbott, Ville New York, Jean Cocteau, Louise Bourgeois, Black And White Photograph, Gelatin Silver Print, Man Ray, Foto Art, White Photography

Berenice Abbott was born in Springford, Ohio, in 1898. After graduating from Ohio State University she moved to New York to study journalism, but eventually decided on sculpture and painting. In 1921 she moved to Paris to study with sculptor Emile Bourdelle. Abbot also worked with the surrealist photographer, Man Ray (1923-25), before opening her own studio in Paris. She photographed the leading artists in France and had her first exhibition at the Au Sacre du Printemps Gallery in 1926…

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