New York in the Forties (New York City)
by Andreas Feininger
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Author: Andreas FeiningerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1978-04-01
ISBN: 0486235858
Number of pages: 181
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Summary: 5 Stars
An impressive 162 photographs from a master photojournalist which really capture the feel of the city without seeming too nostalgic. What I love about this book is the straightforward way these photos present an amazing amount of detail. Feininger once said "This world is full of things the eye doesn't see. The camera can see more and ten times better". All these photos reflect that point-of-view beautifully.
You just have to flip quickly through the book to realize how comprehensive the selection is: Wall Street business area; the waterfront; Mid-town skyscrapers; Times Square; stations; bridges; parks; the El; customers looking in shops; New Yorker's going about their business; the city at night and Feininger's trade-mark: the telephoto lens landscape shot. The book starts with one of these Manhattan photos, taken fourteen miles away in New Jersey. Another thing that lifts the title out of the usual photo book format are the very detailed captions to most of the photos.
Dover are to be congratulated on producing a lovely book for the price though I find it rather frustrating that the photos are only printed in a 133 screen. I recently bought a Andreas Feininger: That's Photography monograph with the photos printed as 200+ screen duotones, it includes many of these New York photos and they look just stunning.
***SEE SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
Summary of New York in the Forties (New York City)
One of the finest in-depth photographic records of Gotham ever published, this volume recaptures the city's glory years. Scenes include skyscrapers under construction, Harlem nightclubs, waterfront activity, Bowery flophouses, the Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown, Coney Island, and more. Detailed captions accompany more than 160 photographs by a former Life magazine photographer.
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