Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index.
Contents
Spirit of a rebel -- Village -- Paris -- "A magical record" -- New beginning -- "A big theme" -- Pictures of a changing city -- Teacher, author, inventor -- Focusing on science -- Awakening interest -- Woman of Maine -- American master -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary
A biography of Berenice Abbott, who was a pioneer in the field of professional photography and is particularly acclaimed for her photographs of the streets and buildings of New York City before they were replaced by skyscrapers during a building boom in the 1920s and early 1930s.