View of Sugar Hill (upper right), Colonial Park (lower left) and Bradhurst Avenue looking south, in Harlem, August 1, 1938.

Dublin Core

Title

View of Sugar Hill (upper right), Colonial Park (lower left) and Bradhurst Avenue looking south, in Harlem, August 1, 1938.

Subject

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1930-1939
Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1930-1939

Description

Berneice Abbott, "Changing New York" Project. The photographer worked for the Federal Art Project from 1935-1939.

From Wikipedia: Abbott's project was primarily a sociological study embedded within modernist aesthetic practices. She sought to create a broadly inclusive collection of photographs that together suggest a vital interaction between three aspects of urban life: the diverse people of the city; the places they live, work and play; and their daily activities. It was intended to empower people by making them realize that their environment was a consequence of their collective behavior (and vice versa). Moreover, she avoided the merely pretty in favor of what she described as "fantastic" contrasts between the old and the new, and chose her camera angles and lenses to create compositions that either stabilized a subject (if she approved of it), or destabilized it (if she scorned it).

Wikipedia Reference: Wikipedia contributors, "Berenice Abbott," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berenice_Abbott&oldid=737304869(accessed September 5, 2016).

Creator

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 (Photographer)

Source

Street Scenes
Harlem, 1900-1970s.

Publisher

New York Public Library Public Domain

Date

Date Created: 1900 - 1979 (Approximate)
Date Created: 1938

Contributor

Not applicable to this collection

Rights

From The New York Public Library | Direct Link: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d9ac74c-1517-bbfa-e040-e00a18064cd4

Relation

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes

Format

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: B ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG03-F26
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15580587
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 037ce530-c6e9-012f-d0d5-3c075448cc4b

Coverage

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photo

Physical Dimensions

Extent: B ; 21 x 26 cm.

Files

nypl.digitalcollections.9d9ac74c-1517-bbfa-e040-e00a18064cd4.001.w.jpg

Citation

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 (Photographer), “View of Sugar Hill (upper right), Colonial Park (lower left) and Bradhurst Avenue looking south, in Harlem, August 1, 1938.,” The Arts At Page Library Online Exhibition Space, accessed March 28, 2024, https://theartsatpagelibrary.omeka.net/items/show/27.