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Berenice Abbott’s Minimalist Black-and-White Science Imagery, 1958-1960
By: Maria Popova
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Photographer Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) might be best-remembered for her striking black-and-white prints of New York’s changing face in the 1930s, but she was also intensely interested in science and in making the abstract elegance and beauty of science visible and concrete. In 1939, she began experimenting with scientific imagery and capturing the whimsy of physics, mathematics and chemistry in her minimalist yet dramatic black-and-white photos. Documenting Science collects the best of that work, which culminated with the Physical Science Study Project at MIT in 1958.

A bouncing ball in diminishing arcs

Beams of light through glass

Multiple exposure of a swinging ball

Multiple exposure of a swinging ball

Magnetism and electricity

Collision of two balls

Magnetism with key

Parabolic mirror

Interference pattern

The pendulum