New York rises
By: photographs by Eugene de Salignac ; from the collections of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives ; essays by Michael Lorenzini and Kevin Moore
Contributors: Lorenzini, Michael; Moore, Kevin D., 1964-; New York (N.Y.). Municipal Archives
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Aperture; [Distributed] in North America, D.A.P.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781597110136
Subjects: Architectural photography -- New York (State) -- New York; Photographers -- United States -- Biography; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources
Genres: Biography; Pictorial works; Sources
Description: "From 1906 to 1934, Eugene de Salignac shot over twenty thousand 8-by-10-inch glass-plate negatives of New York City. As the sole photographer at the municipal Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures during that period of unprecedented change, he documented the creation of the city's infrastructure - bridges, major buildings, roads, and subways. His lyrical images capture the exuberant growth that made New York the metropolitan capital it is today. For years these photographs have been used as illustrations in books and films, but never credited to de Salignac. New York Rises is the first monograph to present them as an aesthetically coherent oeuvre by a photographer with a unique vision."--BOOK JACKET.