Brooklyn Photographs Now

Description

An expansive book showcasing chiefly unpublished contemporary photographs taken by a wide range of artists focused on the unique characteristics of present-day Brooklyn. Brooklyn has seen exponential change over the last 15 years, and countless photographers from all over the world have been capturing those changes and movements in cityscapes, portraits, vignettes, and process-oriented photography. Brooklyn Photographs Now reflects the avant-garde spirit of the city's biggest borough, containing previously unpublished work by well-known and emerging contemporary artists. The book will contain more than 250 images from all by more than 75 new and established artists, including Mark Seliger, Ryan McGinley, Mathieu Bitton, Michael Eastman, among many others. The end result is a book of photographs that not only document the physical and architectural landscape but reflect and explore an off-centered - and therefore a less-seen and more innovative - perspective of how artists view this city right now in the twenty-first century.

Marla Hamburg Kennedy is a leading dealer and adviser for 20th and 21st century art with an emphasis on contemporary painting and photography. With thirty years' experience in the fields of photography, contemporary art and publishing Hamburg Kennedy was previously the Director of the Howard Greenberg Gallery and managing Partner of Kennedy Boesky Photographs until starting Hamburg Kennedy Photographs in 2004. Hamburg Kennedy is the author of several books, including Los Angeles and Rizzoli's New York: A Photographer's City.

"Brooklyn is a place of vast contradictions and deep romance-as documented in Brooklyn Photographs Now, a brilliant new publication featuring 250 images by well-known and emerging contemporary artists." -We Heart "The tome offers a collection of both black-and-white and color photos spotlighting the borough's architecture, streetscapes, and street art, along with portraits of borough residents and the diverse communities they come from. Images come from all over the borough, including Coney Island in winter, Prospect Park in summer, Red Hook after Hurricane Sandy, and the skyline over Bushwick, with many pairs of images chosen to cleverly juxtapose their similarities and differences." - Brooklyn Daily