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
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).
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.
Harlem, 1900-1970s.
Publisher
New York Public Library Public Domain
Date
Date Created: 1900 - 1979 (Approximate)
Date Created: 1938
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
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes
Format
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: B ; 21 x 26 cm.
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
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
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
Extent: B ; 21 x 26 cm.
Files
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.