High on New York

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FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS Peter 1!. Kaplan lias been climbing Manhattan's high places—the antenna of the Empire State Building, the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty-taking photographs never before attempted, shooting from heights denied for decades to other photographers. Kaplan, whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and books (including Abrams's Manhattan), brings sensitivity and unmatched zeal to photographing America's biggest and tallest city.
Here, in 84 color photographs, is New York as never before seen: St. Patrick's Cathedral from on high, with its ground plan masterfully revealed as a Gothic Latin cross; a close-up of one of the twelve ornamental gargoyles perched on the Chrysler Building; and best yet, the giant Superman balloon seen from above soaring over the crowds at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The modern skyscrapers—the IBM, the AT&T, Citicorp, Trump Tower, World Trade Center—are here as well, whether Kaplan is looking through Philip... Tovább

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FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS Peter 1!. Kaplan lias been climbing Manhattan's high places—the antenna of the Empire State Building, the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty-taking photographs never before attempted, shooting from heights denied for decades to other photographers. Kaplan, whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and books (including Abrams's Manhattan), brings sensitivity and unmatched zeal to photographing America's biggest and tallest city.
Here, in 84 color photographs, is New York as never before seen: St. Patrick's Cathedral from on high, with its ground plan masterfully revealed as a Gothic Latin cross; a close-up of one of the twelve ornamental gargoyles perched on the Chrysler Building; and best yet, the giant Superman balloon seen from above soaring over the crowds at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The modern skyscrapers—the IBM, the AT&T, Citicorp, Trump Tower, World Trade Center—are here as well, whether Kaplan is looking through Philip Johnson's famous "Chippendale keyhole" atop the AT&T, or shooting 1,300 feet straight down the facade of the World Trade Center. There is the spire of the Chrysler Building breaking the dawn skyline, and the Empire State, in honor of its 50th birthday, shooting brilliant, multicolored laser beams into a night sky. As much a revelation are photographs of those fearless workers restoring masonry on the Crown Building, or nimbly moving across construction beams as casually as strolling broad city sidewalks. Additionally, there is a bright, thoughtful introduction by Paul Goldberger, architecture critic of the New York Times, and lively and informative captions by Thomas E. Norton with the photographer.
It's all here: from Central Park looking like some colossal oasis, and a jam-packed Times Square at New Year's Eve, to what may be the most breathtaking picture of all, a magically quiet moment of men working so high that they are completely cradled in clouds. Even the jaded New Yorker will find new views of a favored city, the tourist will have still more to marvel at, and the photography buff will discover myriad new angles, techniques, and ideas.
84 photographs in full color Vissza