Walking the High Line
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/11/2010
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 reprint 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).
- ISBN:
- 9783865219824
- 9783865219824
- Category:
- Individual photographers
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-11-2010
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Steidl Publishers
- Country of origin:
- Germany
- Pages:
- 72
- Dimensions (mm):
- 270x223x14mm
- Weight:
- 0.58kg
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