Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott had an amazing ability to take something very ordinary and turn it into a beautiful work of art. She glorified objects that we would pass by every day and look at, but would never see for their deeper meaning and true beauty. Through photography, Abbott was able to unlock the hidden aspects of typically dull and mundane things, and transform them into something appealing to observe.
Abbott’s most famous project was “Changing New York,” which was basically a photo-documentary of how New York industrialized after the Great Depression. From bridges to buildings to housing projects, Berenice Abbott captured all of the key points of New York’s transformation from suburban to urban. Abbott was a fantastic photographer. Her ability to capture and accentuate the beauty in ordinary objects was prominent in her work.