Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott (1930s)
Born
Berenice Alice Abbott

July 17, 1898 (1898-07-17)
Springfield, Ohio, US
DiedDecember 9, 1991(1991-12-09) (aged 93)
Monson, Maine, US
Resting placeNew Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Maine, U.S.[1]
Known forPhotography

Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991)[2] was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s.

  1. ^ Donald V. Brown, Christine Brown (comp.). Blanchard Cemetery, Abbot, Piscataquis, Maine, 1829 – 1990.
  2. ^ "Abbott, Berenice". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-Ak – Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.