Documenting science / Berenice Abbott ; edited by Ron Kurtz ; with essays by Julia Van Haaften and John Durant.

Main entry:

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991.

Title & Author:

Documenting science / Berenice Abbott ; edited by Ron Kurtz ; with essays by Julia Van Haaften and John Durant.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Göttingen : Steidl, 2012.

Description:

178 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : a personal note / Ron Kurtz -- Berenice Abbott: science / Julia Van Haaften -- Berenice Abbott and the "Image of physics" / John Durant -- Motion -- Electricity -- Light and optics -- Waves -- Chemistry and biology -- Science and industry.

Summary:

Berenice Abbott was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s. Abbott's style of straight photography helped her make important contributions to scientific photography, as shown in this book.

ISBN:

9783869304311
3869304316

Subject:

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991.
Abbott, Berenice.
Abbott, Berenice 1898-1991
Photography, Artistic.
Photography Scientific applications.
Art and science.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie scientifique.
Art et sciences.
art photography.
scientific photography.
Photography.
Fotografie
Wissenschaft

Form/genre:

Illustrated works

Added entries:

Kurtz, Ron.
Van Haaften, Julia.
Durant, John.

Berenice Abbott : documenting science

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 282136
Call No.: BIB 219301
Status: Available

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