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- 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
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Berenice Abbott was an American photographer best known for her work with expatriates in Paris and of Depression New York City neighborhoods.
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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.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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