PHOTOGRAPHER

Berenice Abbott

1898 - 1991

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Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Berenice Abbott is the 41st most popular photographer (down from 29th in 2019), the 3,251st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,429th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Berenice Abbott ranks 41 out of 148. Before her are Robert Mapplethorpe, Sophie Calle, Napoleon Sarony, Peter Lindbergh, Astrid Kirchherr, and David Bailey. After her are Lewis Hine, Andreas Gursky, Jan Saudek, Philippe Halsman, Daidō Moriyama, and Inge Morath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Berenice Abbott ranks 102. Before her are Karl Mauss, Elazar Shach, Ferenc Plattkó, Ernst Wollweber, Joseph Kessel, and Jean Fautrier. After her are Jacques Doriot, Helmut Hasse, Michel de Ghelderode, Gabriel González Videla, Tawfiq al-Hakim, and Tian Han. Among people deceased in 1991, Berenice Abbott ranks 86. Before her are Brad Davis, Jean Bruller, Yevgeny Dragunov, Rudolf Serkin, Shintaro Abe, and Ho Jong-suk. After her are Kevin Peter Hall, Vasko Popa, Edmond Jabès, Alex North, Andrzej Panufnik, and Yasushi Inoue.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Berenice Abbott ranks 3,251 out of 20,380. Before her are Brandy Norwood (1979), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Peter Gallagher (1955), Edna Parker (1893), Dinah Washington (1924), and William Wallace Campbell (1862). After her are J. Presper Eckert (1919), Diane Baker (1938), Chuck Lorre (1952), Lindsey Graham (1955), John Ashton (1948), and Rip Torn (1931).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Berenice Abbott ranks 11. Before her are Richard Avedon (1923), Irving Penn (1917), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Nan Goldin (1953), William Klein (1928), and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946). After her are Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), Paul Strand (1890), Sean Flynn (1941), Wilson Bentley (1865), and Herb Ritts (1952).

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