Background
Yochelson, Bonnie Ellen was born on November 6, 1952 in Buffalo. Daughter of Samuel and Kathryn (Mersey) Yochelson.
( Originally published by The New Press in 1997 to stella...)
Originally published by The New Press in 1997 to stellar reviews and great acclaim, Berenice Abbott: Changing New York sold more than 20,000 copies in its combined editions and was featured in Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and the New York Daily News and called “the definitive visual record of the city as it was during the Depression” by the Washington Post. A Midwesterner who first came to New York in 1918, Abbott (1898–1991) was one of the twentieth century’s most important photographers, and her images have come to define 1930s New York. In 1921, she moved to Paris and worked as Man Ray’s darkroom assistant. Inspired by the great French photographer Eugène Atget, she returned to America in 1929 to photograph New York City. With the financial support of the WPA’s Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she was able to realize her ambition to document a “changing New York.” This deluxe hardcover edition features more than 300 duotones—the complete WPA project—and 113 variant images, drawings, and period maps, as well as an explanatory text on Abbott’s life and work.
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(In 1935 the renowned photographer Berenice Abbott set out...)
In 1935 the renowned photographer Berenice Abbott set out on a five-year, WPA-funded project to document New York's transformation from a nineteenth-century city into a modern metropolis of towering skyscrapers. The result was the landmark publication Changing New York, a milestone in the history of photography that stands as an indispensable record of the Depression-era city. More than sixty years later, New York is an even denser city of steel-and-glass and restless energy. Guided by Abbott's voice and vision, New York photographer Douglas Levere has revisited the sites of 100 of Abbott's photographs, meticulously duplicating her compositions with exacting detail; each shot is taken at the same time of day, at the same time of year, and with the same type of camera. New York Changing pairs Levere's and Abbott's images, resulting in a remarkable commentary on the evolution of a metropolis known for constantly reinventing itself.
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Yochelson, Bonnie Ellen was born on November 6, 1952 in Buffalo. Daughter of Samuel and Kathryn (Mersey) Yochelson.
Bachelor in History, Swarthmore College, 1974; Master of Arts, New York University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1985.
Assistant curator department prints and drawings, National Gallery Art, Washington, 1979-1981; lecturer department art history, U. Pa.q, Philadelphia, 1985-1987; curator prints and photographs, Museum of the City of New York, 1987-1991; consultant curator, Museum of the City of New York, since 1991; faculty M of Photography program, School Visual Arts, New York City, since 1988. Adjunct associate professor department art history New York University, 1987.
( Originally published by The New Press in 1997 to stella...)
(In 1935 the renowned photographer Berenice Abbott set out...)
Member College Art Association F C.
Married Paul Lewis Shechtman, September 3, 1972. Children: Emily, Anna.