Berenice Abbott: New York City in the 1930s

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Berenice Abbott by Berenice Abbott / Steidl

Nightview, New York, 1932
"In this case I was at a window, not at the top of the building (where) there would have been too much wind outside. It was, of course, hard to get permission. They always thought you wanted to commit suicide and superintendents were always tired, lazy and annoyed. They usually had to be bribed."

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