New York Changing, Revisiting Berenice Abbott's New York
Douglas Levere (BA ’89)
Douglas Levere is a photographer who lives and works in Buffalo. He is photo video manager with the University at Buffalo’s Office of University Communications. After receiving a BA in Design Studies from the University at Buffalo in 1989, he launched a lengthy career in commercial and editorial photography in New York City, then made Buffalo his home base again in 2005. His book New York Changing, which revisited sites originally documented by Bernice Abbott in the 1930s, was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2004. In addition to appearing extensively in magazines around the world and the publications of many Fortune 500 companies, his work has been exhibited at CEPA Gallery and elsewhere.
New York Changing revisits the sites of 100 photographs taken by Bernice Abbott, who set out from 1935-1939 to document New York’s transformation from a nineteenthcentury city to a modern metropolis. Douglas Levere meticulously duplicates her compositions; each shot is taken at the same time of day, at the same time of year, and with the same type of camera. The resulting pairing of images offers a commentary on the evolution of a metropolis.
Project Credits: New York Changing: Revisiting Berenice Abbott's New York(Princeton Architectural Press, 2004), by Douglas Levere (author/photographer), Bonnie Yochelson (author), Paul Goldberger (foreword)
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