Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927.
2. Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991.
3. Taft Museum of Art, host institution
4. FotoFocus (Organization)
5. FotoFocus Biennial (2018 : Cincinnati, Ohio)

Description

1. xvii, 138 pages : illustrations; 26 x 30 cm

Summary

1. In this comprehensive study, Kevin Moore examines the relationship between Eugene Atget (1857-1927) and Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) and the nuances of their individual photographic projects. Abbott and Atget met in Man Ray's Paris studio in the early 1920s. Atget, then in his sixties, was obsessively recording the streets, gardens, and courtyards of the 19th-century city-old Paris-as modernization transformed it. Abbott acquired much of Atget's work after his death and was a tireless advocate for its value. She later relocated to New York and emulated Atget in her systematic documentation of that city, culminating in the publication of the project Changing New York.0 This engaging publication discusses how, during the 1930s and 1940s, Abbott paid further tribute to Atget by publishing and exhibiting his work and by printing hundreds of images from his negatives, using the gelatin silver process. Through Abbott's efforts, Atget became known to an audience of photographers and writers who found diverse inspiration in his photographs. Abbott herself is remembered as one of the most independent, determined, and respected photographers of the 20th century.

Alternative title

1. Photographs by Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott

Subject

1. Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991
2. Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927
3. New York (State) > New York
4. Exhibition catalogs
5. Paris (France) > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
6. Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 > Exhibitions
7. Exhibition, pictorial works
8. France > Paris
9. Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927 > Exhibitions
10. New York (N.Y.) > Pictorial works > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.
2. Exhibition, pictorial works.

Contents

1. Foreword / Deborah Emont Scott and Lynne D. Ambrosini -- Preface / Mary Ellen Goeke -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders -- Old Paris and changing New York : Photographs by Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott / Kevin Moore -- Plates -- Photography credits.

Call number

1. JQF 18-2072

Note

1. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, October 6, 2018-January 20, 2019.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Author

1. Moore, Kevin D., 1964- author.

Title

1. Old Paris and changing New York : photographs by Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott / Kevin Moore.

Publisher

1. Cincinnati : FotoFocus and the Taft Museum of Art : In association with Yale University Press, [2018]

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Added author

1. Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927. Photographs. Selections.
2. Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991. Photographs. Selections.
3. Taft Museum of Art, host institution.
4. FotoFocus (Organization)
5. FotoFocus Biennial (2018 : Cincinnati, Ohio)

LCCN

1. 2018938023

ISBN

1. 9780300235791
2. 0300235798

Research call number

1. JQF 18-2072