Berenice Abbott, Changing New York: The Complete Wpa Project, Museum of the City of New York, 1997, First Edition

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Berenice Abbott Changing New York by Bonnie Yochelson 1997 HC 1st Ed The New Press The Museum of the City … Read more Berenice Abbott Changing New York by Bonnie Yochelson 1997 HC 1st Ed The New Press The Museum of the City of New York, 399 pages. Deluxe edition includes Catalogue of source materials with descriptive text and addresses, held at the Museum.

In 1929, after eight years in Europe, photographer Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) returned to New York City. She was inspired by its dramatic transformation. New construction was everywhere; hundreds of 19th-century buildings had been torn down to make way for dozens of skyscrapers. She was determined to capture this momentous change in photographs. In 1935, with the support of the Federal Art Project, Abbott was able to devote her full energies to creating what she called Changing New York. By 1940, she had completed a collection considered to be one of the monumental achievements of 20th-century photography. See less