Berenice Abbott Biography

Berenice Abbott biography

• NAME: Berenice Abbott
• OCCUPATION: Photographer
• BIRTH DATE: July 17, 1898
• DEATH DATE: December 09, 1991
• EDUCATION: Ohio State University

• PLACE OF BIRTH: Springfield, Ohio
• PLACE OF DEATH: Monson, Maine

Profile

Berenice Abbott, born in Springfield, Ohio, became a well-known photographer to the expatriates of 1920's Paris. She became the assistant to Man Ray and Eugene Atget. During the Depression she took a job for the WPA and photographed the neighborhoods of New York City.

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