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Overview
Now in an easy-to-carry format, this award-winning pictorial tribute to the world’s most vertical city offers a unique introduction to New York’s spectacular architecture. Using a vintage panoramic camera tilted ninety degrees; Hamann spent nearly five years painstakingly setting up shot after shot, often finding himself balancing precariously out a window ledge. His stark black and white compositions lend these photographs a dramatic, often dreamlike quality, and offer unique reinterpretations of the world’s most recognizable cityscapes.Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
In New York Vertical, first published in 1997, photographer Horst Hamann depicts the Big Apple in a way he felt it had never before been captured: "[N]o one," he wrote, "had yet looked at the city in a strictly vertical way." That edition, with its unusual size (it stood 19 inches high and 9 inches wide), striking images, and amusing tributes to the city (penned by everyone from Woody Allen to Thomas Zeumer) was an instant hit, despite a price tag of nearly $100. Now, an affordably priced, manageably sized edition (this one's 13-plus inches high and just over 6 inches wide) is available for those who missed out the first time around.Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
. . .[S]pectacular. . .—New York Times
Forbes Magazine
The perfect book for anyone who has ever stood spellbound on a Midtown street corner, beholding the majesty of Manhattan's towering spires.New York Post
A standout.Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
. . .[S]pectacular. . .—New York Times
Book Details
Published
January 1, 2000
Publisher
Koch, Neff & Oetinger & Co. GmbH
Pages
163
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9783898231121