'Berenice Abbott's New York Album, 1929' on Display at the Met

In 1929, photographer Berenice Abbott disembarked from an ocean liner on the banks of New York City, after eight years in Europe. She planned for a short visit, but to her surprise, New York looked and felt different than when she had last visited, so she decided to walk around with a handheld camera and capture its architecture, increasingly taller skyline, and elevated trains. The result was a photo album and an important turning point in Abbott's career. A new exhibition at the Met, Berenice Abbott’s New York Album, 1929, displays original album pages of Abbott's photography from this time period. Curator Mia Fineman tells us more about the exhibition, which is on view until September 4.