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3 unusual facts about Kathryn Abbe


Kathryn Abbe

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.

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.

Abbe won Vogue magazine's Prix de Paris photography award in 1941.



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