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New York Vertigo | 
 enlarge | Creator: Michel Setboun
Publisher: Abrams Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 430791
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 16 x 11.4 x 2
ISBN: 0810995115
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9780810995116
ASIN: 0810995115
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
This is a New York that no one has yet dared to explore. Photographer Michel Setboun spent ten years scaling the citys walls and scouring its rooftops to capture these images, and the results are not only dazzling, but occasionally dizzying. With their acute angles and dramatic views, these photographs capture the incredible vitality and spectacular variety of life in the worlds greatest city.
From the intricate dance of the taxis below to the neon buzz drifting up from Times Square; the stern grandeur of the Chrysler Buildings eagles to the color-saturated graffiti in Long Island City; the reflected stutter of midtown skyscrapers to the downtown canyons that open to the sea, readers will be amazed at the nerve (and balance!) required to take these beautifully composed pictures. Vertigo, indeedbut of the most soul-stirring kind.
Abrams, the world-premier art book publisher, is proud to introduce the Portfolio Collection, an exciting new format that presents the work of some of the worlds most famous photographers. Allowing the reader to experience the photographs at the size the artist originally intended, each book in the Portfolio Collection is packaged within an attractive presentation box, which fastens with a magnet. The combination of great images in a beautifully designed case makes these books the perfect gift for photography lovers.
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Glittering cityscapes January 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book, which comes in a case with a magnetic closure, is perfect for fans of the urban environment and especially for New Yorkers. There are only a couple nature shots, with the focus on the reflective properties of our glass boxes, the juxtaposition of art or nature or squalor with these behemoth skyscrapers and the ornamentation of the buildings themselves. The photographs span the past decade and there are a couple photographs of the intact World Trade Center. The final page contains 3 photographs taken on Sept. 11, 2001 (Setboun was in Lower Manhattan that morning). I appreciated the focus being on intact, vibrant New York, rather than the tragedy we see over and over again.
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