Berenice Abbott: New York City in the 1930s

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Berenice Abbott by Berenice Abbott / Steidl

Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, New York, 1935
"The Bowery was quite colourful. The man came out when he saw me setting up the camera. He stood there not knowing what to do and since I was ready I made the photograph with him in the doorway."

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