Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999, photographer.

New York in the forties / Andreas Feininger ; with text by John von Hartz.

New York : Dover Publications, 1978.

178 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Dover books on New York City

"This is one of the finest in-depth photographic records of New York City that has ever been published. In this volume Andreas Feininger captures New York in her "glorious" years. You'll see New York as the leader in commerce, industry, and shipping, the place where America's most skilled and talented came to succeed. Included in almost every aspect of city life from the eerie shots of New York during the "dimout" to the bright lights of 42nd Street. You'll see buildings that look much the same and sights that have vastly changed. The Flatiron Building, Rockefeller Center, the Singer Building, tattoo parlors, clean city streets, 42nd Street with no pornographic movies. You'll see the Normandie in her heyday, the Queen Mary, and New York as one of the greatest port towns with 771 miles of bustling waterfront activity. You'll see a Harlem nightclub at 133rd St., the Louis-Walcott fight at Madison Square Garden, the glittering audience at the old Met; Fifth Avenue during the blizzard of '47; horse-drawn vehicles, the els, the last decade of the street car; the Lower East Side poultry markets and frenzied activity at the Fulton Fish Market; Bowery flophouses; the skyscraper race; incredible views made of the stair-step construction of skyscrapers; the Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown, Coney Island, Yorkville and more! 162 photographs show a multitude of facets of New York in the 1940s, the decade during which the city flourished and grew with incredible activity. The interesting, factual captions by John von Hartz convey a clear picture of what living in New York was like, giving us a background and explaining the problems, excitement and changes people face. Andreas Feininger brings to this volume an enormous reputation in the field of photography. A former staff photographer of Life magazine, author of several photography texts, and compiler of volumes of his own photographs, Mr. Feininger has personally supervised the publication of this collection of his famous photographs of New York City. While some of these photos have been seen in other books, never before have so many of them been made available in one volume."--Publisher's description

0486235858
9780486235851

Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999.
Street photography New York (State) New York 20th century.
Photographie de rue New York (État) New York 20e siècle.
Street photography
Manners and customs
Photography United States New York (State) New York 1940-1950.
Skyscrapers 1940-1950.
New York (N.Y.) Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) Ouvrages illustrés.
New York (N.Y.) Mœurs et coutumes Ouvrages illustrés.
New York (State) New York
American photography, 1950- Special subjects: New York (City), 1940-1950 Collections from individual artists

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Books.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Von Hartz, John, writer of added text.
Von Hartz, John.
Dover books on New York City.

Location: Library main 3062
Call No.: ID:87-B19715
Status: Available

Location: Library main 3063
Call No.: ID:87-B19715
Status: Available