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Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision

by George Sullivan

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ISBN13: 9780618440269
ISBN10: 0618440267
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One theme repeatedly crops up in the life and career of Berenice Abbott: her refusal to be defined by other people’s expectations. Spurning traditional roles for women of her era, she lived a bohemian life among other artists in New York’s Greenwich Village and Paris, and embarked upon a career in what was then a male-dominated field. Decades later, her photographs are celebrated as some of the most authentic images of a city ever captured on film, and she is remembered not only as a master American photographer but also as a teacher, writer, inventor, and photographic archivist.

Veteran nonfiction writer George Sullivan draws on his vast knowledge of the photographic world to chronicle Berenice Abbott’s life and career, and to present a fascinating social portrait of the artistic community of New York in the early half of the 20th century. Interviews with her contemporaries and high- quality reproductions of some of her most famous photographs provide an illuminating image of this determined, spirited woman who changed the face of American photography. Bibliography, index.

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'\"A detailed biography of the photographer and innovator who felt that she made photographs and didn\'t just take them.\"'

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"Thoroughly instructive and inspiring." HORN BOOK

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"Thoroughly instructive and inspiring."

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George Sullivan is the author of over 100 nonfiction books for young people. For Clarion, he is the author of PICTURING LINCOLN, another book that draws on his expert knowledge of photographic history. Mr. Sullivan lives in New York City.

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ISBN:
9780618440269
Subtitle:
An Independent Vision
Author:
Sullivan, George
Publisher:
Clarion Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Photography
Subject:
Art
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography
Subject:
Photographers
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Art
Subject:
Women photographers
Subject:
Photographers -- United States.
Subject:
Women photographers -- United States.
Copyright:
Edition Description:
HARDCOVER
Publication Date:
June 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
170
Dimensions:
1020x856x71 160
Age Level:
10-14

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