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Article: Light stalker; From Paris to New York, Berenice Abbott trapped light and shadow in classic 20th-century photos.(FREETIME)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- February 2, 2001
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Some photographers shoot on the fly. Others stalk images with the calculated caution of big-game hunters. Berenice Abbott, one of the most famous names in a star-crowded medium, was a stalker.
Equipped with a tripod and cumbersome camera that made 8- by 12-inch negatives, she roamed the streets of New York City photographing wharves, urban canyons, skyscrapers, storefronts and people. The pictures were so perfectly composed and printed that an admiring biographer said it seemed "almost as if a trap had been set" to get them.
Fifty years later, those photos remain as fresh as sunlight. About 40 of them are showcased in "Berenice Abbott: An American ...