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Today we celebrate the birthday of American photographer, Berenice Abbott. A key figure in bridging together photographic circles in Paris and New York. In 1918 she moved to New York and then Paris in 1923 where she was introduced to Man Ray, who hired her to be his photography assistant. Abbott had first encountered the work of Eugène Atget through Man Ray. She dedicated herself to documenting New York with the methodical vigor and passion Atget had previously given to Paris, shooting its streets, buildings, parks—and of course, its people. 📸 Berenice Abbott, Manhattan Bridge, 1936 #BereniceAbbott #HappyBirthday #HowardGreenbergGallery