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Berenice Abbott

b: Springfield, Ohio., Jul 17, 1898

d: Monson, Maine., Dec 10, 1991

American. Photographer. Best known for black and white architectural, documentary images of NYC, 1930s.

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Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.

I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it.

The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective.

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity.