Berenice Abbott

Known for: documentary photography of New York and the preservation of Atget's archive

Berenice Abbott documented the architectural and social transformation of New York City through the project "Changing New York," completed between 1935 and 1939 under the Federal Art Project. She had earlier worked as a darkroom assistant to Man Ray in Paris and was responsible for preserving the photographic archive of Eugène Atget after his death. Her technical innovations extended into scientific and educational photography.