Artistic photographic portraits of one of the most fascinating cities in the world Includes 54 large-format photographs In this photographic art book, Horst and Daniel Zielske yet again document a mega-metropolis with an extraordinary and atmospheric cycle of images: New York - street scenes, backyards, the rusty stilts of the elevated railway in Harlem, a deserted side-street devoid of human life. The city that never sleeps allows itself to pause for a few moments; they are moments of symbolic equilibrium, which the photo artists have captured. The photographers have renounced all frippery; they simply observe very closely, search for a long time, until they have the optimal angle and perspective. The results are surprisingly intimate - they are snapshots, but at the same time they are monuments for eternity. These are images of New York City with an unknown tranquility and an almost palpable stillness. In these moving photographs, even well-known masterpieces of modern architecture such as the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum reveal an entirely new magic. Text in English and German.
Who could refuse this invitation to visit Germany? Exclusive photos and an informative write-up present the 357,000 square kilometers (140,000 square miles) between Flensburg and F????????ssen, Aachen and G????????rlitz in all of its facets. Poets, thinkers, and scientists express themselves, architects design the backdrop, and even festivities and celebrations are included. A comprehensive portrait of Germany exquisitely presented!
* Artistic photographic portraits of one of the most fascinating cities in the world* Includes 54 large-format photographsCubes as far as the horizon, lost in a grey-brown haze. Motorways with several levels, without beginning, without end, built on pylons; small houses ducking down to the ground in between, like forgotten belongings. Thousands of windows in a heaven-storming concrete wall; above them a motionless sky. The skyline seems to have been cut into the soberly illuminated night with a scalpel. Shanghai, an illusion in glistening mist, colorful shades, hard lines. Since 2002, the photographers have accompanied Shanghai during its emergence as a world metropolis, the brachial farewell from the ancient Asian city, replaced by mega-structures. The focal point of their photographic oeuvre is the architecture of the street. This is an essay on the topic of the urban landscape. Text in English and German.
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