Early Life and Artistic Foundations Berenice Abbott, born Berenice Alice Abbott on July 17, 1898, in Springfield, Ohio, began her life amidst a quiet yet formative period of transition. Her parents, Charles E. Abbott and Alice Bunn, divorced shortly after her birth, leading to an upbringing primarily shaped by her mother’s resilience and determination. This early experience instilled within her a sense of independence and a keen awareness of the complexities of human relationships – qualities that would later inform her artistic perspective. Following a brief enrollment at The Ohio State Un…