Portraits A - E
Berenice Abbott
I met Berenice Abbott in 1982 and worked with for the next nineteen years, until her death in 1991. During those years we worked on many projects, some of which prepared me for producing the series of books dealing with her photographs that have been issued by Steidl since 2008. This particular photograph was taken in 1979 at my recording studio, Downtown Sound. We had been working on the book that was issued in 1982 as Berenice Abbott – American Photographer when she suddenly announced she had to get back to Maine, right then. It was early in the afternoon, which meant even if she broke every speed limit she’d get home after midnight. She put on her car coat and a stocking cap; I had my 5x7 Deardorff set up just in case, asked her to hold still for a couple of portraits and this is the hurried result. After five or six exposures she said that was enough, jumped in her Mazda and headed into December winter storms and made it home safely. She was 81.
Saul Bellow Portrait in Progress, New York City, January 16, 1985
Amiri Baraka 1 at 830 Broadway, New York City, April 10, 2001
Amiri Baraka 2 at 830 Broadway, New York City, April 10, 2001
Amiri Baraka 3 at 830 Broadway, New York City, April 10, 2001
Berenice Abbott, Lake Hebron, Maine, July 17, 1991
Berenice Abbott, New York City, November 1978
Bill Carter, New York City, September 9, 1982
Bill Cosby at the Apollo Theater Harlem, September 24, 2001
Bill Cosby at the New School, New York City May 13, 2001
Brassai at the Witkin Gallery New York City, June 12, 1973
Cab Calloway, White Plains New York, September 3, 1986
Clarence Gatemouth Brown 1, aboard the QE2, December 19, 2001
Clarence Gatemouth Brown 2, aboard the QE2, December 19, 2001
Clint Eastwood & Ray Charles at REM Studio, Los Angeles, California July 1, 2003
Clint Eastwood Carmel, California April 25, 2000
Elizabeth Bennett, New York City, November 1979
Elizabeth Bennett New York City, October 1976
Elizabeth Bennettt & Jo Jo Kwong, New York City, November 1979
Esther Bubley, New York City, July 31, 1995
Fernando Botero New York City, October 1980
George Crumb at the Whitney Museum, New York City, 1975
Gregory Corso 1, New York City, May 11, 1986
Gregory Corso 2, New York City, May 11, 1986
Hayden Carruth & Joanne McGlaughlin at his home , Munnsville New York, July 21, 2001
Hayden Carruth at home 1, Munnsville New York, July 21, 2001
Hayden Carruth at home 2, Munnsville New York, July 21, 2001
Hayden Carruth at home 3, Munnsville New York, July 21, 2001
Hayden Carruth at home 4, Munnsville New York, July 21, 2001
Joel Cox in his office at Warner Brothers, Burbank, California, Aprill 18, 2000
John DeVries, New York City, November 1979
John DeVries 1, Sebec Lake, Maine Summer 1978
John DeVries 2, Sebec Lake, Maine Summer 1978
Julia Dean, Blanchard, Maine, October 1977
Keir Dullea at Margaret Whitton's apartment, September 22, 1999
Maggie Condon & Andre Kertesz, 2 Fifth Avenue, New York City February 1977
Maggie Condon, New York City, November 1979
Maggie Condon en route to Sand Lake New York,, August 1973
Marge Champion in her Dressing Room at the Belasco Theater 1, June 27, 2001
Marge Champion in her Dressing Room at the Belasco Theater 2, June 27, 2001
Marge Champion in her Dressing Room at the Belasco Theater 3, June 27, 2001
Marilynn Danitz, Sand Lake, New York, Summer 1975
Marilynn Danitz in an abandoned car, Berlin Mountain New York, Summer 1975
Marion Adler, New York City aboard the QE2, December 18, 2000
Michael Brooks, New York City, November 1973
Nicki & Teri Eaton, Spider Bay Ontario, July 26, 1986
Nicole Bass & Macho Camacho, Atlantic City, New Jersey January 14, 1995
Paul Bacon, 830 Broadway, January 2002
Phyllis & Maggie Condon, Rumsen, New Jersey November 1979
Phyllis Condon, New Jersey, November 1979
Phyllis Condon, Rumsen New Jersey, November 1979
Sandahl Bergman as Charity, The Royal Viking Sun, September 3, 1996
Saul Bellow & Raphael Soyer, New York City, January 16, 1985
Shemekia Copeland aboard the QE2 December 18, 2001
Tom Caravaglia & 36 of his favorite students, New York City, December 2002
Tom Caravaglia in his studio New York City January 2003
William F. Buckley Jr., New York City, February 1, 1999
William S. Burroughs, New York City, February 7, 1984
William S. Burroughs, New York City, February 9, 1984
