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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

Best Known For

Berenice Abbott was an American photographer best known for her work with expatriates in Paris and of Depression New York City neighborhoods.

Berenice Abbott biography

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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.

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