JOEL STERNFELD: WALKING THE HIGH LINE - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER

(STERNFELD, JOEL). Sternfeld, Joel, Adam Gopnik & John Stilgoe

ISBN 10: 388243726X / ISBN 13: 9783882437263

Published by Steidl & Pace/MacGill Gallery, Gottingen, GERMANY & New York, 2001

About this Item

56pp, 28 color and 5 b&w illustrations. Designed by Gerhard Steidl. "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 one and a half 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". A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 2001 first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Joel Sternfeld" in black ink across the title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JOEL STERNFELD: WALKING THE HIGH LINE - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
• Publisher: Steidl & Pace/MacGill Gallery, Gottingen, GERMANY & New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 388243726X
• ISBN 13: 9783882437263
• Binding: Cloth in Dust Jacket
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by the Photographer
• Book Type: Photography Monograph
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography Monographs
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

Sometimes resembling a river of grass, sometimes more 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.

About the Author

Joel Sternfeld's previous publications include American Prospects, On this Site, and Stranger Passing. He is the recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships and a Prix de Rome.