Kathryn Abbe
Kathryn Abbe | |
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 Abbe at her house in 2005 | |
| Born | Kathryn McLaughlin September 22, 1919 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 2014 (aged 94) |
| Education | Photography degree, 1941 |
| Alma mater | Pratt Institute, New School for Social Research |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Employer(s) | Vogue, freelance photography |
| Known for | Photographs in Vogue, Better Homes and Gardens, McCall's, Parents, and Good Housekeeping; a book, Twins on Twins, written with her twin sister |
| Spouse | James Abbe Jr. (m. 1946) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Frances McLaughlin-Gill (twin sister) Tomie dePaola (cousin) |
| Awards | Prix de Paris, 1941 |
Kathryn Abbe (September 22, 1919 – January 18, 2014) was an American photographer.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Kathryn Abbe was born Kathryn McLaughlin in 1919, in Brooklyn. Her twin sister was photographer Frances McLaughlin-Gill. They were raised in Wallingford, Connecticut, and were the valedictorian and salutatorian of their graduating class at Lyman Hall High School. Abbe attended the Pratt Institute, where she studied under Walter Civardi and painter Reginald Marsh; she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1941. She also attended the New School for Social Research from 1939 until 1941, where she studied under Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1946, she married photographer James Abbe Jr., the son of the Hollywood photographer James Abbe. The couple had three children. She and her sister were the cousins of artist Tomie dePaola.[2]
Career
[edit]Abbe won Vogue magazine's Prix de Paris photography award in 1941. By 1942, she was working for Vogue under Toni Frissell; she left the magazine and became a professional freelance photographer in 1944 – one of few women to hold the position at the time.[2] Although in the 1940s she photographed New England and Brooklyn extensively,[3] by the mid-1940s her assignments took her around the world, notably to Paris, Havana, New York, Rome and Milan. Her subjects often included fashion icons, entertainment personalities, children, street vignettes, and artists.[4] Her photographs of Carmen Dell'Orefice and Lisa Fonssagrives are particularly striking.[5] Her work was published in over eighty books and international periodicals, among them, Better Homes and Gardens, McCall's, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Paris Match, and Vogue. She was awarded more than twenty major magazine covers – a rare achievement for a female photographer of her time.
A co-author of three books, Stars of the Twenties Observed by James Abbe (1974), Twins on Twins, (with her twin sister, 1980), and Twin Lives in Photography (2011), Abbe lectured extensively and appeared on many television programs, among them, the Dick Cavett Show.[2] A 2000 documentary, Twin Lenses, was produced about the lives and careers of Kathryn Abbe and Frances McLaughlin–Gill.[4][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Karitevlis, Chris (January 23, 2014). "Kathryn Abbe, Photographer". The East Hampton Star. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ^ a b c Abbe, Kathryn (1919—). Farmington Hills: Gale Research. 2002. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014.
- ^ Christel, Tammy. "Art Observatory: Vintage Photographs & New Developments". News. JH Weekly. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
- ^ a b "Twin Lenses screening". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
- ^ Herman, Jane. "Photography: Double Vision". Culture. Vogue. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
- ^ Leake, Carol. "Pioneering twin fashion photographers, Kathryn Abbe and Frances McLaughlin–Gill, "Self Portrait", 1980". The Times-Picaynne. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- Corbett, Cynthia Arps (1985). Useful art: Long Island pottery. Setauket, L.I., N.Y.: Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities. ISBN 0939432005.
- Rosenblum, Naomi (2014). A History of Women Photographers (Third ed.). Abbeville, New York. p. 432. ISBN 9780789212245.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Abbe, Kathryn. Twin lives in photography. New York : Abbe-Gill Press, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "ART REVIEWS; Preserving the Island's Artifacts, and Classic Images" from The New York Times
- About Kathryn Abbe
- Vogue: Kathryn Abbe
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- 1919 births
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- 20th-century American women photographers
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- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women photographers
- 21st-century American photographers
- 21st-century American women writers
- American twins
- People from Wallingford, Connecticut
- Photographers from Connecticut
- Photographers from New York City
- Pratt Institute alumni
- The New School alumni
- Vogue (magazine) people
- Writers from Brooklyn
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