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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Celluloid skyline Celluloid skyline James Sanders "A tale of two cities, both called "New York."". "The first is a real city, an urban agglomeration of millions. The second is a mythic city, so rich in memory and association and sense of place that… OL13541027W
The Unseen Saul Leiter The Unseen Saul Leiter Saul Leiter Now firmly established as one of the world’s greatest photographers, Saul Leiter (1923–2013) was relatively little known until the 2006 publication of Saul Leiter: Early Color, when he was already in… OL13786265W
Western New York Amusement Parks Western New York Amusement Parks Rose Ann Hirsch "For more than 100 years, western New Yorkers have enjoyed the region's exciting amusement parks. During the days of trolleys and steamships, area businessmen created Celoron Park, Crystal Beach Park… OL15991104W
Mount Manresa Mount Manresa Thomas W. Matteo Presents a pictorial look at the history of Mount Manresa, the country's first retreat house for the public. OL16125813W
You Are Here You Are Here Katharine Harmon From Amazon: "Maps are magical. Every graphic, like every story, has a point of view, and New York is rife with mapmaking possibilities, thick with mythology, and glutted with history. You Are Her… OL17373052W
Humans of New York Humans of New York Brandon Stanton "In the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton set out on an ambitious project: to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. Armed with his camera, he began crisscrossing t… OL17654875W
A nation challenged A nation challenged Mitchel Levitas "A Nation Challenged records the full range of events from the moment of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to the anthrax scare, the war in Afghanistan, the quick fall … OL18516983W
I see a city I see a city Todd Webb "I See a City: Todd Webb's New York focuses on the work of photographer Todd Webb produced in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. Webb photographed the city day and night, in all seasons and in all… OL19730947W
Hirschfeld's New York Hirschfeld's New York Clare Bell "Al Hirschfeld's deft technical mastery and droll wit have beguiled the American public for nearly eighty years. Famous for his caricatures of stars of stage and screen, Hirschfeld also used his form… OL19790653W
New York New York New York New York Richard Berenholtz 239 pages : 14 x 20 cm OL21603789W
A very New York Christmas A very New York Christmas Michael Storrings pages cm OL2553369W
Crosstown Crosstown Helen Levitt "Since the mid-193Os, Helen Levitt has photographed life on the streets of New York, capturing the pulse of the city at moments when sidewalk life becomes an urban portrait. Crosstown is the most com… OL2625155W
Berenice Abbott Berenice Abbott Bonnie Yochelson,Berenice Abbott One in a series of books of Abbott's images to be published by Steidl that individually explores the diverse aspects of her career. This volume represents Abbott's earliest photographic venture. The … OL27360269W
The sweet flypaper of life The sweet flypaper of life Roy DeCarava,Langston Hughes The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955) is the result of a collaborative effort between photographer Roy DeCarava and writer Langston Hughes. Their unique fusion of words and images provides an opportunity… OL3008258W
New York New York Max Kozloff "Most of these photographers were Jewish. New York: Capital of Photography examines their responses to their environment in the context of a Jewish sensibility, as manifested especially by the depict… OL3932467W
Gotham restored Gotham restored James Rudnick "Gotham Restored: The Preservation of Monumental New York gathers more than 150 of James Rudnick's photographs - from close studies of dedicated conservators at work to vertigo-inducing panoramas tak… OL8942357W