Abbott: Paris Portraits 1925-1930



3/2012
ABBOTT, BERENICE.

Paris Portraits 1925-1930. Ed. by Ron Kurtz & Hank O'Neal. Göttingen 2010. 4to. 368 S. mit 58 s/w-Abb., Ln.

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This is the first in a series of books that will explore Berenice Abbott's exceptional body of work. "Paris Portraits 1925-1930" features the clear, honest results of Abbott's earliest photographic project and illustrates the philosophy of all her subsequent work. For this landmark book, 115 portraits of 83 subjects have been scanned from the original glass negatives, the full negatives have been printed, and a die-cut overleaf presents each portrait incorporating Abbott's cropping instructions.

This is the first in a series of books to be published by Steidl that will explore Berenice Abbott's exceptional body of
work. Abbott began her photographic career in 1925, taking portraits in Paris of some the most celebrated artists and
writers of the day including Marie Laurencin, Jean Cocteau, Peggy Guggenheim and James Joyce. Within a year her work
was exhibited and acclaimed. Paris Portraits 1925 1930 features the clear, honest results of Abbott s earliest photographic
project and illustrates the philosophy of all her subsequent work. For this landmark book, 115 portraits of 83
subjects have been scanned from the original glass negatives, the full negatives have been printed, and a die-cut
overleaf presents each portrait incorporating Abbott's cropping instructions.
Berenice Abbott, born in Springfield, Ohio in 1898, was a dominant figure in twentieth-century American photography.
Abbott moved to Paris from New York in 1921, and in 1923, after many false starts, was hired by her friend Man Ray.
He was looking for an assistant who knew nothing about photography whom he could teach. Abbott learned quickly and
within a year was taking her own photographs. Her first solo exhibition in 1926 was a success, and for the next 65 years
Abbott mastered a wide range of subjects. Highlights of Abbott s career include the monumental project Changing
New York (1935- 1938), photographing rural America including US Route 1 from Maine to Florida, photographically interpreting
scientific and natural phenomena, establishing the reputation of Eugène Atget, and founding the first university
photography program in the United States. Steidl published the two-volume retrospective Berenice Abbott in 2008.
Co-published with Commerce Graphics, New York

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Abbott, Berenice  Foto-Mono  Fotografen/-Innen (Einzelne Personen)  Paris / Bildband  Paris (Motiv)