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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Power House Books
Publication date
March 1, 2001
Pages
112
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781576871010
ISBN-10
1576871010
Dimensions
0.80 by 12 by 9.50 in.
Weight
2.30 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$50.00
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
William Eggleston Portraits | Harry Gruyaert | Mitch Epstein | Joel Meyerowitz | Mitch Epstein | American Power | William Eggleston 2 1/4 | American Surfaces | New York Inside Out
William Eggleston Portraits | Harry Gruyaert | Mitch Epstein | Joel Meyerowitz | Mitch Epstein | American Power | William Eggleston 2 1/4 | American Surfaces | New York Inside Out
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: New York isn't what it used to be, so why haven't New York's photographers and photographic books caught up with reality? Why do picture-makers continue to mimic the gritty glamour and aggression of William Klein's New York images, or stalk up and down Fifth and Madison Avenues paying peculiar homage to Garry Winogrand, or struggle to rediscover the romance of Nan Goldin's Lower East Side, on streets now clogged with Starbucks and designers' tenement-scaled emporia?
What makes Mitch Epstein's most recent book, The City, particularly interesting is witnessing Epstein's attempt to breathe life back into a classic, albeit tired, genre. Instead of the usual raucous juxtapositions of visual clichésâpictures crammed with street corner sturm und drang and urban gargoylesâThe City's elliptical narrative unfolds quietly. There's a meditative, almost medicated calmness to the book's color still lifes and cityscapes: the droll display of overwrought deli cakes; a street festival shooting gallery's targets, featuring the faces of Timothy McVeigh, Amy Fisher and Hitler, offering discounted prices for kids; the sports jacket, carefully folded and placed on the grass in Central Park, whose banal but eerie presence suggests anything from a lunchtime nap to murder.
To complicate matters, these images are interspersed with black-and-white portraitsâof Epstein's wife, daughter, friends and acquaintancesâthat are equally enigmatic. Some subjects smile; some look into the distance. Still others stare backâwith willful intent, or unable or uninterested in hiding their vulnerabilityâthrough the camera's lens. As complex and beautiful as Epstein's photographs of New York situations are, as intimate as his portraits might be, The City ultimately creates something surprising; the opportunity to ponder what photography can and cannot reveal about our public lives and our most private selves.By Marvin Heiferman
What makes Mitch Epstein's most recent book, The City, particularly interesting is witnessing Epstein's attempt to breathe life back into a classic, albeit tired, genre. Instead of the usual raucous juxtapositions of visual clichésâpictures crammed with street corner sturm und drang and urban gargoylesâThe City's elliptical narrative unfolds quietly. There's a meditative, almost medicated calmness to the book's color still lifes and cityscapes: the droll display of overwrought deli cakes; a street festival shooting gallery's targets, featuring the faces of Timothy McVeigh, Amy Fisher and Hitler, offering discounted prices for kids; the sports jacket, carefully folded and placed on the grass in Central Park, whose banal but eerie presence suggests anything from a lunchtime nap to murder.
To complicate matters, these images are interspersed with black-and-white portraitsâof Epstein's wife, daughter, friends and acquaintancesâthat are equally enigmatic. Some subjects smile; some look into the distance. Still others stare backâwith willful intent, or unable or uninterested in hiding their vulnerabilityâthrough the camera's lens. As complex and beautiful as Epstein's photographs of New York situations are, as intimate as his portraits might be, The City ultimately creates something surprising; the opportunity to ponder what photography can and cannot reveal about our public lives and our most private selves.By Marvin Heiferman
Editions
Hardcover
Collectors edition from Power House Books (May 1, 2001)
9781576871225 | details & prices | 112 pages | List price $350.00
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from Power House Books (March 1, 2001)
9781576871010 | details & prices | 112 pages | 12.00 × 9.50 × 0.80 in. | 2.30 lbs | List price $50.00
About: New York isn't what it used to be, so why haven't New York's photographers and photographic books caught up with reality?
About: New York isn't what it used to be, so why haven't New York's photographers and photographic books caught up with reality?
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