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Berenice Abbott, Photographer |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Sullivan, George | Illustrator: |
| Title: Berenice Abbott, Photographer | Date: 2006 |
| Publisher: Clarion | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-618-44026-7 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: Yes |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): biography and autobiography, photographic essay | |
GED Descriptor(s): literature and arts |
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Summary: |
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| The biography's subtitle "An Independent Vision" suggests the creativity, innovation, perservance that Berenice Abbot exhibited as she pursued the newly emerging field of photography and associated with the leading photographers of the 1920's and 1930's. Ohioans will note that Abbott had ties to Cleveland, the home of her sister. The author included an excellent selection of photographs and ample resource material. | |
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| This book might be included in a small text set on women photographers or photographers in general. Readers may want to choose a favorite photograph, describe it in pairs so that a partner could identity the picture. Because she continued to change throughout her life, readers may want to keep a time/place/acquaintance line to record the steps in Abbott's evolution as a photographer. Of particular interest for discussion and writing is the period of her involvement in science--her inventions and her incredible visualizations of scientific concepts. Readers may want to search the Internet for works by some of the other photographers that are mentioned--Walker Evans, Alfred Stieglitz, Eugene Atget, and Man Ray. | |
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