1 Berenice Abbott

The power of negative space

Born: July 17, 1898 Died: December 9,

1991 Influenced by:

Eugene Atget Bernice Abbott, was

an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s.

Photographed common themes that taught good photographic composition.

Photographed in Paris & New York. Barbershop Photography Building Soup The Power of Negative Space

Photographed the men only world of the barbershop

Barbers are now replaced by stylists

Worked with Federal Arts Project Photographed a mixture of Architectural

styles filling the frames with contrasting shapes and forms.

Cityscape that shows the skyline.

Pointed the camera upward at several buildings.

Made buildings appear the same height. Converging lines make buildings look like

they are falling over. Is the picture of the building or the sky

between the building?