- Gebundene Ausgabe: 112 Seiten
- Verlag: Scalo; Auflage: illustrated edition (Dezember 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 393114190X
- ISBN-13: 978-3931141905
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 28,6 x 24,8 x 1,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 263.733 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Destined to land close to each other in a library collection, these two books are so different they might be describing two worlds, not one city. Rajs shoots his New York as if he were on an assignment for National Geographic. His city is rich in polychrome power. It is so lovingly composed that to a native New Yorker, it looks like somewhere else. The dazzle that Rajs captures is not in daily routine but in the wonder of photography that builds glory through mastery of the medium by aiming at places, moments, and urban majesty. Hamill provides a fine opening essay that is long on history, careful about nostalgia, and realistic about the ups and downs of New York City. No glistening monument to human industry, Hart Island in New York Harbor has supported a cemetery, a charity hospital for women, an insane asylum, a jail, and now a cemetery again. Artists Hund and Sternfeld show it to be a secret place?a small island full of common graves, long trenches filled with pine boxes of forgotten dead?and in the process throw a meteor at people who think they know New York. Their photographs are generally brown and gray, visions of a lonely place in a lonely winter. The labor pool for the death detail is a cadre of prisoners from the city's jail at Riker's Island. These tough urban men seem softened by their work, by the finalization their digging brings to lives that never really got started. No single part of this book seems masterly?not Hunt's introductory essay, not the straightforward photographs under heavy clouds, not the images of crudely marked coffins large and small. But as a carefully collected volume, it is a moving and memorable portrayal of a secret place crammed with anonymous New Yorkers. Both books are recommended.?David Bryant, New Canaan P.L., CT
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This is the story of Hart Island, the Bronx, in the Long Island Sound, commonly referred to as "Potter's Field". Well-known New York-based photographer, Joel Sternfeld has created a series of colour photographs, which are complemented by installations of artist Melinda Hunt. The book represents a discovery, a documentation of an unknown territory right in front of the doors of New York City. After the purchase of the island, approximately one mile long and one-eighth to one-third of a mile wide, by the City in 1868, Hart Island has served as a cemetery, a charity hospital for women, an insane asylum, and a jail. During World War II the Island was turned over to the Navy. Later it served for housing of male derelicts, as a NIKE missile base for the US Army, for a narcotic rehabiliation programme, and finally as a cemetery again. Today, the inmate work details are bussed from Rikers Island to perform the burials, disinterments and maintenance of the Island. Since 1869, more than 750,000 burials have been performed. Hart Island is not open to the public.
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Haunting, beautiful and sublime.
20. Februar 1999
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If I was a better writer I would find better words than haunting, beautiful and sublime for this incredible book. If I could, I would PAY people to read it. (On the condition that they give me the money back if they agree that it's as good as I say it is!) It gives a lovely, painful and unforgetable look at how forgetable we can be. The shots of the bleachers from Ebbets Field! Broke my heart.
I can't stop looking at these images.
I can't stop trying to read the records of the people buried there that surround the photographs in the front.
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Almost out of print
25. April 2009
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This book is the last time a photographer and an artist were able to gain access to Hart Island with permission of the Department of Correction. It changed visitation policy for families who can now visit.
However, the press are now totally banned. Many of fine Victorian Era institutional buildings are being dismantled without landmark evaluation. A Federal Army Civil War era stable sits waiting to be recognized.
However, the press are now totally banned. Many of fine Victorian Era institutional buildings are being dismantled without landmark evaluation. A Federal Army Civil War era stable sits waiting to be recognized.
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Hart Island is a very special and sacred island.
17. November 1999
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I want to be buried on Hart Island and cannot. So, I have to settle for the next best thing. The photography is outstanding and transports me right into each picture. The book is a fine historical tribute to all of the islands that surround Manhattan and have made it the city it is.
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