Berenice abbott biography wikipedia tagalog

Berenice Abbott (17 July, 1898 - 9 December, 1991) was an American photographer known for her black and white images of New York City.

Berenice Abbott was born 17 July, 1898 in Springford, Ohio.

After having graduated in Ohio she moved to New York and studied journalism, sculpture and painting. In 1921 she moved to Paris where she studied sculpture with Emile Bourdelle, learned photography as assistant of Man Ray since 1923, and founded an own photographic studio in 1926.

Berenice abbott biography wikipedia tagalog

She had the chance to portray many of the most famous artists of the 1920s.

While in Paris, she met French photographer Eugène Atget several months before his death. Berenice was impressed by his work and arranged to purchase all of it, including between 6,000 - 9,000 prints and negatives.^[1] Atget photographed the architecture and people on Paris streets.

She brought Atget's photographs back to the United States with her and made them available to photography magazines and museums.