The photographs that you can see in the gallery are taken by the famous photographer, woman Berenice Alice Abbott. Ebot was inspired by the work of the French master photographer Atget. Atget photographed Paris with the attention to detail and special zeal that Abbott inspired and imbued her work with. The photographs were taken in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Perhaps this fact influenced the fact that Abbott was unable to find funding for his project. She filmed the streets of New York and the urban environment at her own expense. Abbott worked on her project for 6 years. As a result, by 1939 she took more than 300 photographs of the city, which she handed over to the Museum of the City of New York for safekeeping. Subsequently, the photographs will become the Public Domain.

Abbott sought to show the urban environment, architecture and the interaction of people with the environment. She wanted to show that everything that surrounds us is a consequence of the behavior and thoughts of people. This project has become significant for the city and is considered by historians as an important cultural heritage.

Below you can enjoy the atmosphere of New York through the eyes of Berenice Abbott.

You can also save the pictures and use them in your projects, such as collages or additions to graphics or fonts, as well as part of the label, social media and other projects where appropriate.

I used some of Abbott's photos in a new “Dirty” font project. Complementing with colored pencil scribbles and other design elements, creating an atmosphere of sloppy haste and fast writing to fill the font with character and show off.