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Abbott, a polymorphic photographer

BERLIN - She is one of the myths of XXth century photography. This young American woman, when in Paris, developed a passion for Eugène Atget and contributed to the safeguard of his work. As a photographer in her own right, Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) worked for six decades, and left her mark in the careful observation of urban transformation, in Paris and New York. Maybe she saw too much. In search of essential purity she ended her career, like Roman Vishniac, by becoming a specialist of scientific photography.
• Berenice Abbott at Martin Gropius Bau, from 1 July to 3 October 2016.

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