New York: capital of photography

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