Harlem Street: II. 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.
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Title
Harlem Street: II. 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.
Subject
New York (N.Y.)
Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
Barbershops -- New York (State) -- New York
churches -- New York (State) -- New York
Dwellings -- New York (State) -- New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
Barbershops -- New York (State) -- New York
churches -- New York (State) -- New York
Dwellings -- New York (State) -- New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
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
Changing New York
Publisher
New York Public Library Public Domain
Date
1938-06-14
Contributor
Not applicable to this collection
Rights
From The New York Public Library | Direct Link:
Relation
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ (Abbott) 96-4294
Shelf locator: MFZ (Abbott) 96-4294
Format
Extent: 1 photograph: gelatin silver print, matte, double weight paper; 8 x 10 in. untrimmed contact print on mount 9.5 x 15 in.
Language
English
Type
Still image
Identifier
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13668355
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 07a710d0-c60d-012f-5da4-58d385a7bc34
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 07a710d0-c60d-012f-5da4-58d385a7bc34
Coverage
Content: Code: III.A.4.
Exhibitions: Exhibited: Modern Vision #120
Content: Women sit on steps of house that serves as a church, with barber- shop below, white man talks to barber, beauty shop, and auto school next door.
Citation/reference: CNY# 304
Ownership: Milstein Division of US History, Local History and Genealogy transfer, 1988
Exhibitions: Exhibited: Modern Vision #120
Content: Women sit on steps of house that serves as a church, with barber- shop below, white man talks to barber, beauty shop, and auto school next door.
Citation/reference: CNY# 304
Ownership: Milstein Division of US History, Local History and Genealogy transfer, 1988
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
10.19 x8.56 in
Files
Citation
Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 (Photographer), “Harlem Street: II. 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.,” The Arts At Page Library Online Exhibition Space, accessed March 28, 2024, https://theartsatpagelibrary.omeka.net/items/show/29.