Walking the High Line - Hardcover

Sternfeld, Joel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3865219829 ISBN 13: 9783865219824

Verlag: Steidl Verlag, 2012

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In March 2000, Joel Sternfeld began photographing the High Line, an abandoned elevated railway which runs down the West Side of Manhattan. Sometimes a river of grass, sometimes more like Canadian wheat fields, this unique ruin permitted Sternfeld to contemplate nature within the city. Walking the path of this true-time landscape, Sternfeld experienced the seasons as they unfolded in a meandering ribbon within the vertical architecture of New York City, and he created a suite of images marked by quiet grace and formal rigour. Walking the High Line played a pivotal role in the struggle to preserve the High Line. In 2009 the High Line Park opened to overwhelming public interest and delight. The process of its transformation is also documented in this book in a timeline that traces from the historical pre-High- Line days to the present. Sternfeld’s book is thus a unique record of the High Line at a time when it faced demolition, and this reprint follows several sold-out editions.

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A major figure in the photography world, Joel Sternfeld was born in New York City in 1944. He has received numerous awards including two Guggenheim fellowships, a Prix de Rome and the Citibank Photography Award. Sternfeld’s books published by Steidl include American Prospects (2003), Sweet Earth (2006), Oxbow Archive (2008) and First Pictures (2011).

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Sometimes like a river of grass, sometimes like the wheat fields of the Canadian prairies, the High Line is a unique ruin that simultaneously permits contemplation of nature and the city. Since March 2000, photographer Joel Sternfeld has been documenting the abandoned elevated railway line which runs for 1.5 miles along the West Side of New York City, from 34th Street down along the edge of the Hudson River, through West Chelsea's tree-lined blocks and art galleries, and into the heart of the Meat Packing District. Walking the path of this real-time landscape, Sternfeld has created a suite of images in which the landscape is read as both a social and cultural indicator

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Steidl Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3865219829
• ISBN 13: 9783865219824
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 72
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