ABBOTT, Berenice - Changing New York. The complete WPA Project

Background information

Berenice ABBOTT is one of this century's leading photographers. Her New York City images, especially the 'Changing New York' project of 1935-39, have come to define Depression-era New York. In a landmark event. The reissue of the volume 'Changing New York. The Complete WPA Project' is the definitive study of the WPA project.

Content

The book 'Berenice Abbott. Changing New York. The Complete WPA Project' features over 300 duotones, more than 200 of which have never before been published together. Arranged geographically in eight sections, it traces the photographer's New York City odyssey. The 307 duotone plates are accompanied by 113 variant images, line drawings, and period maps, as well as an explanatory text, which explores her compositional choices, her artistic and historical preoccupations, as well as the history of New York." (© The New Press, 2008)

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