New York changing : revisiting Berenice Abbott's New York / Douglas Levere ; text by Bonnie Yochelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levere, Douglas, 1966-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Yochelson, Bonnie.

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991.

Museum of the City of New York.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Photography.

History.

New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

New York (State)--New York.

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991.

Abbott, Berenice.

Levere, Douglas, 1966-.

Levere, Douglas.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

191 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Princeton Architectural Press, [2005]

Summary:

In 1935 the renowned photographer Berenice Abbott set out on a five-year, WPA-funded project to document New York's transformation from a nineteenth-century city into a modern metropolis of towering skyscrapers. The result was the landmark publication "Changing New York," a milestone in the history of photography that stands as an indispensable record of the Depression-era city. More than sixty years later, New York is an even denser city of steel-and-glass and restless energy. Guided by Abbott's voice and vision, New York photographer Douglas Levere has revisited the sites of 100 of Abbott's photographs, meticulously duplicating her compositions with exacting detail; each shot is taken at the same time of day, at the same time of year, and with the same type of camera. "New York Changing" pairs Levere's and Abbott's images, resulting in a remarkable commentary on the evolution of a metropolis known for constantly reinventing itself.

Notes:

"Berenice Abbott's Changing New York project captured a modern vision of Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in the 1930s. From 1997 to 2003, I returned to the original sites, with the identical 8x10 Century Universal camera that Abbott used, and at the same time of day and year Abbott's photographs were taken, revealing New York Changing over sixty years."--P. 10.

"Museum of the City of New York."

Related Work:

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991. Changing New York.

ISBN:

1568984731

OCLC:

54694566