{"product_id":"9783836505147","title":"New York: Portrait Of A City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe soul of New York: A photographic journey through the history of the world's greatest city\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents \u003cb\u003ethe epic story of New York on nearly 600 pages of emotional, atmospheric photographs, from the mid-19th century to the present day\u003c\/b\u003e. Supplementing this treasure trove of images are \u003cb\u003eover a hundred quotations and references from relevant books, movies, shows and songs\u003c\/b\u003e. The city’s fluctuating fortunes are all represented, from the wild nights of the Jazz Age and the hedonistic disco era, to the grim days of the Depression and the devastation of 9\/11 and its aftermath, as its broken-hearted but unbowed citizens picked up the pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York’s remarkable rise, reinvention and growth is not just the tale of a city, but the story of a nation, From the building of the Brooklyn Bridge to the immigrants arriving at Ellis Island; from the slums of the Lower East Side to the magnificent art deco skyscrapers. The urban beach of Coney Island and the sleaze of Times Square; the vistas of Central Park and the crowds on 5th Avenue. The streets, the sidewalks, the chaos, the energy, the ethnic diversity, the culture, the fashion, the architecture, the anger and the complexity of the city is all laid out in this beautiful book block and block. This is the greatest city of the world after all and great are its extremes, contradictions and attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than just a remarkable tribute to the metropolis and its civic, social, and photographic heritage, \u003ci\u003eNew York: Portrait of a City\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e pays homage to the indomnitable spirit of those who call themselves New Yorkers\u003c\/b\u003e : full of hope and strength, resolute in their determination to succeed among its glass and granite towers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures \u003cb\u003ehundreds of iconic images\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e, sourced from dozens of archives and private collections\u003c\/b\u003e —many never before published— \u003cb\u003eand the work of over 150 celebrated photographers, including\u003c\/b\u003e : Victor Prevost, Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Weegee, Margaret Bourke-White, Saul Leiter, Esther Bubley, Arnold Newman, William Claxton, Ralph Gibson, Ryan McGinley, Mitch Epstein, Steve Schapiro, Marvin Newman, Allen Ginsberg, Joel Meyerowitz, Andreas Feininger, Charles Cushman, Joseph Rodriguez, Garry Winogrand, Larry Fink, Jamel Shabazz, Allan Tannenbaum, Bruce Davidson, Helen Levitt, Eugene de Salignac, Ruth Orkin, Joel Sternfeld, Keizo Kitajima, and many many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText in English, French, and German\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052252283120,"sku":"9783836505147","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836505147_p0.jpg?v=1769887910","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836505147","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}