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Article: Berenice Abbott's photographic chronicle of 1930s New York at D.C. museum.
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- November 11, 1998
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WASHINGTON _ New York, with its soaring skyline, bustling avenues and vibrant urban rhythms, has long served as a hub of creative enlightenment for innumerable artists.
For one American photographer, it was a place of particular inspiration _ and rediscovery.
When Berenice Abbott returned to New York in 1929 after eight years abroad in France, she found a metropolis transformed. The city had blossomed in a robust new veneer, the result of a massive construction boom in the 1920s.
Energized by the dramatic changes she saw, Abbott resolved to produce a comprehensive photographic record of the city.
Between 1935 to 1939, Abbott shot 305 ...