- Gebundene Ausgabe: 72 Seiten
- Verlag: Steidl; Auflage: 3., Auflage. (Juni 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 388243726X
- ISBN-13: 978-3882437263
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,4 x 27,1 x 1,2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 131.598 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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With a large-format camera and an eye for the subtle light of cloudy days, photographer Sternfeld (Stranger Passing) documents the High Line, an elevated railway running along the western edge of Manhattan for just over a mile. The tracks, which have been derelict for more than 20 years, once carried freight to the warehouses and shipping yards along the Hudson. Though the urban landscape is evident billboards, apartment buildings, and warehouses surround the tracks in each shot Sternfeld's focus is on the wildness that now overtakes the High Line, his angles emphasizing the road before him as it sprouts bristling weeds and scrawny trees, or softens into patches of clover, buttercups, and grape hyacinths. Taken from May 2000 to July 2001, the photographs capture the seasonal changes of this surprisingly undisturbed space. Two essays follow the 24 color plates; Harvard history and landscape professor John Stilgoe obliquely considers the idea of discovery, while New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik offers a brief history of the elevated railway, with comments by Sternfeld. This slender book is an important addition to comprehensive New York City libraries and is recommended for large photography and urban planning collections. Carolyn Kuebler, "Library Journal"
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kurzbeschreibung
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. In Walking the High Line, as in all of his work, landscape is both a social and cultural indicator. In 2009 the High Line was converted into a public park that will preserve the delights of the High Line for future generations. Sternfeld’s book is thus a unique record of the High Line at a time when it faced demolition, and this re-print follows several sold-out editions. 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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Wir sind alte New York Fans und oft in dieser Stadt. Wir haben die Arbeit an der High Line mitverfolgt und das letzte Mal sind wir dann den fertigen Weg entlang spaziert. Das Buch gibt genau das wieder - die Umsetzung einer guten Idee in die Realität. Die Bilder von Sternfeld, über Jahre gemacht, dazu der informative Text, der die Geschichte dieses Projektes wiedergibt.Es ist ein must für jeden New York Besucher, die High Line zu gehen!
Vorher sollte man aber das grossartige Buch anschauen!
Vorher sollte man aber das grossartige Buch anschauen!
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Slightly off the beaten tracks
3. Februar 2004
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Joel Sternfeld had the right idea when he took photos of Manhattan's High Line in 2000. These are great images of the abandoned railroad and they work so well because you don't really realise that the track is way above street level and now overgrown with all manner of greenery. These photos perhaps give an eerie impression of what Manhattan might look like some months after all the people left.
Apart from the excellent twenty-four photos I found this book very disappointing, there is the usual annoyance of having all the captions on one page at the back of the book. Plenty of room is available to center them under each photo. There are two essays: one by John Stilgoe I found very tedious, Adam Gopnick's was more interesting as it directly concerned the High Line, its history and possible future. Both essays take up twenty-two pages, almost as much as the photo section and this after all is a photo book.
BTW you can see all of the photos on the High Line web site, had I known that I would not have bought the book!
***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.
Apart from the excellent twenty-four photos I found this book very disappointing, there is the usual annoyance of having all the captions on one page at the back of the book. Plenty of room is available to center them under each photo. There are two essays: one by John Stilgoe I found very tedious, Adam Gopnick's was more interesting as it directly concerned the High Line, its history and possible future. Both essays take up twenty-two pages, almost as much as the photo section and this after all is a photo book.
BTW you can see all of the photos on the High Line web site, had I known that I would not have bought the book!
***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.
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Fantastic book
12. November 2009
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This is a great book of photographs. Beautifully made and printed, and Joel Sternfeld truly is one of the best art photographers working today. The book is small, with only 24 images, but each one is worth savoring and going back to over and over again. The new version has information about the construction of the park that wasn't in the previous edition. I don't mind that the image titles are at the back of the book (a complaint of an earlier review) because it allows me to simply focus on the the images.
A walk on the wildside - and that was just overcoming bureaucracy
27. Januar 2012
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Just steps away from the foodie heaven of Chelsea Market on the tourist trail in Manhattan is the delightful urban pathway along a disused railway line. Even more interesting is the dedicated people who made the line come to life and the sheer determination to raise funds and install bird boxes and urban gardners to tend the footpath in the sky. It is perfect for people with kids or wheelchairs as there are lifts to access the raised areas because it mattered to the people who designed and created it. The book captured the way it was made possible for any community dreamers like me and after you read it you must go and walk it. It is the best.
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