11 - Berenice Abbott, Germaine Krull, Aaron Siskind Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)

Berenice Abbott, Germaine Krull, Aaron Siskind Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) The exhibition "Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), photographs", presented at the Jeu de Paume and the Art Gallery of Ontario by the Ryerson Image Centre, traces Abbott's rich career through one hundred and twenty photographs. To broaden the context of the photographer's work, her prints are presented alongside personal documents never before exhibited (correspondence, book models, drawings, magazines, scrapbooks) and a collection of original works. The catalog accompanying this retrospective focuses on four major stages in Berenice Abbott's production: her modernist portraits of the 1920s, when she frequented the artistic and intellectual circles of Paris and New York; her work on New York urbanism and architecture during the devastating economic crisis of the 1930s, which led to the publication of a book entitled Changing New York; the fascinating but little-known experiments in scientific photography she conducted in the 1950s, when she was employed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and, in the context of the Cold War, the United States sought to encourage scientific research. Finally, the exhibition and catalog bring together a unique selection of photographs the artist took along Route 1, on the East Coast of the United States, with the ambitious aim of representing the entire "American scene". Germaine Krull (English version) Photography is a craft. A craft. It's a trade that you learn, and do more or less well, like all trades. The photographer is a witness. A witness to his time. The true photographer is the everyday witness, the reporter. Germaine Krull, 1930 Aaron Siskind: Another photographic reality Photographer Aaron Siskind has not been as fortunate as his American photographic peers: the influence of his work is not matched by the very few books devoted to him. There was an urgent need for a monograph that was more than just a beautiful illustrated book. beautiful set