Abbott, B.

Japanese: アボット,B. - あぼっと
Abbott, B.

…However, shortly after his death, W. Benjamin, in his groundbreaking photography theory, A Short History of Photography, noted the importance of Atget's work, which sharply captured the changing times. Thanks to the efforts of Berenice Abott, an American female photographer and assistant to Man Ray, who met Atget in his later years, many of his prints and originals are now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. [Otsuji Seiji]…

From Arbus

…She was born into a wealthy Jewish family in New York, and at the age of 14 she met her husband, Allan Arbus, whom she would marry four years later. As her life story shows, she was troubled by the fact that she had never thought of herself as unhappy. She became a fashion photographer together with her husband, and worked for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, but in 1959 she studied under Lisette Modell, a female photographer who was also a friend of Berenice Abbott, and thereafter began to pursue serious photography. In 1967, she attracted attention with her photographs exhibited at the group exhibition "New Documents" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,死の直後,W.ベンヤミンはその画期的な写真論《写真小史》で,時代の転換を鋭くとらえたアッジェの作品の重要性に注目している。彼の晩年に知り合った,アメリカの女流写真家でマン・レイの助手であったアボットBerenice Abottの努力により,多くのプリントと原板がニューヨーク近代美術館に収蔵されている。【大辻 清司】。…

【アーバス】より

…ニューヨークの富裕なユダヤ人の家庭に生まれ,14歳のとき4年後に結婚する夫アラン・アーバスと出会う,という半生が示すように〈自分が不幸だと思ったことのない〉ことが悩みだった。夫とともにファッション写真家となり《ボーグ》《ハーパースバザー》などで活躍したが,1959年,ベレニス・アボットの友人でもあった女性写真家リセット・モデルに師事し,以後シリアスな写真を追求しはじめる。67年ニューヨーク近代美術館のグループ展〈ニュー・ドキュメンツ〉に出品した写真で注目された。…

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