Berenice Abbott, who transformed New York’s changing skyline into modern photographic art, was a visionary American photographer celebrated for her “Changing New York” project. Working through the 1930s, Abbott documented the city’s dramatic shift from its historic neighborhoods to soaring skyscrapers and bustling urban streets. Her crisp, architectural images not only showcased technical brilliance and compositional mastery, but also captured the spirit of an era defined by progress and reinven

Berenice Abbott | American Modernist Photographer | Britannica