# 6957-58 / common places • common things ~ good advice

ode to Berence Abbott ~ all photos (embiggenable)

If a medium is representational by nature of the realistic image formed by a lens, I see no reason why we should stand on our heads to distort that function. On the contrary, we should take hold of that very quality, make use of it, and explore it to the fullest.” ~ Berenice Abbott

FYI, I believe my photo, c. 2008, is of the exact same location as seen in Abbott’s 1935 photo (click on her name above to see her Gasoline Station, Tenth Avenue , NYC, 1935).