New York: capital of photography
TitleNew York: capital of photography
Call number770.97471/0001
Object number05331
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
PublisherThe Jewish Museum, Yale University Press
Year of publication
2002
Physical description205p., bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN0300094450
NotesPublished in conjunction with the exhibition New York: Capital of Photography at the Jewish Museum April 28-September 2 2002
Description
This exhibition on New York shows this city as more than a site of familiar and famous buildings, hotspots and activities. It is the capital of modern times, infused with an energy born of hope and conflict. Most of the photographers were Jewish and this book examines their responses to their environment in the context of a Jewish sensibility, as manifested especially by the depiction of viewer-viewed relationships in the public and not so public spaces of the city
