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February 21, 2009
Bernice Abbott's Changing New York series is fascinating body of work. It documents New York City circa 1935
Bernice Abbott, Columbus Circle, circa 1938
During the summer of 1954, Berenice Abbott set off to document in photographs the length of one of America's most historic roads: Route 1 -----from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida and back. Her aim was to capture visually the character of an historic section of the United States, its beauties and incongruities and all. Her goal was to capture the character of the time in the ever transient face of America. Abbott worked to preserve sites that were specifically 1954, rather than documenting the progression of years.
Abbott's goal was for people to remember and see it as it was---to capture what was familiar, the things that are overlooked until they are gone.
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