A black-and-white portrait of Abbott by Hank O'Neal in 1979.
A black-and-white portrait of Abbott with her camera.
A black-and-white portrait of Krull holding a camera and a cigarette.
A black-and-white portrait of Germaine Krull.
One of Abbott’s city landscapes at night.

Berenice Alice Abbott (1898-1991)

Abbott was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures during the interwar period; NYC architecture and urban design of the 1930s; and science interpretation of the 40s-60s.

We recommend Berenice Abbott: Selected Writings (Ivory Press, 2020).

A black-and-white photo of intersecting steel structures.
A series of black-and-white concentric circles in one of Abbott’s more abstract photos.
Abbott’s black-and-white portrait of Eugène Atget in 1927.
A black-and-white portrait of a young man.
A black-and-white photo of a solitary figure standing in front of the mass of stone houses of an old town.
A black-and-white photo of a young boy playing a mandolin.

Germaine Luise Krull (1897-1985)

Krull was a photographer as well as a political activist and hotel owner. She is uncategorisable as a German, French and Dutch native who also lived in Brazil, Republic of Congo, Thailand and India. She is considered an especially outspoken example of a group of early 20th-century female photographers who could lead lives free from convention. She is best known for photographically illustrated books such as her 1928 portfolio Métal.

A black-and-white self portrait of Carrie Mae Weems at her kitchen table.
A photo of Mae Weems sitting at her kitchen table with her daughter while they both read and write.
A colour portrait of Mae Weems against a black backdrop.

Carrie Mae Weems (b.1953)

Weems is an American artist working in text, fabric, audio, digital images and installation video. Best known for her photography, she achieved prominence through her early 90s photographic project The Kitchen Table Series. Her photographic and video practice focuses on issues facing African Americans today, including racism, sexism, politics and personal identity.