Art
Joel Sternfeld's Autographed Book Walking the High Line
- Item Number
- 87
- Estimated Value
- 500 USD
- Sold
- 705 USD to briansilver
- Number of Bids
- 15 - Bid History
Item Description
One copy of "Walking the High Line", signed by photographer Joel Sternfeld and co-founders of Friends of the High Line, Robert Hammond and Joshua David. This is a truly unique and rarely available edition signed by three pioneers of the High Line. With a large-format camera and an eye for the subtle light of cloudy days, photographer Sternfeld (Stranger Passing) documents the High Line, an elevated railway running along the western edge of Manhattan for just over a mile. The tracks, which have been derelict for more than 20 years, once carried freight to the warehouses and shipping yards along the Hudson. Though the urban landscape is evident billboards, apartment buildings, and warehouses surround the tracks in each shot Sternfeld's focus is on the wildness that now overtakes the High Line, his angles emphasizing the road before him as it sprouts bristling weeds and scrawny trees, or softens into patches of clover, buttercups, and grape hyacinths. Taken from May 2000 to July 2001, the photographs capture the seasonal changes of this surprisingly undisturbed space. Two essays follow the 24 color plates; Harvard history and landscape professor John Stilgoe obliquely considers the idea of discovery, while New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik offers a brief history of the elevated railway, with comments by Sternfeld. This slender book is an important addition to comprehensive New York City libraries and is recommended for large photography and urban planning collections. Carolyn Kuebler, "Library Journal" To view a selection of images included in the book, please visit http://www.thehighline.org/galleries/images/joel-sternfeld
Item Special Note
N/A
Donated By:
Joel Sternfeld
The Washington Market School stores data...
Your support matters, so The Washington Market School would like to use your information to keep in touch about things that may matter to you. If you choose to hear from The Washington Market School, we may contact you in the future about our ongoing efforts.
Your privacy is important to us, so The Washington Market School will keep your personal data secure and The Washington Market School will not use it for marketing communications which you have not agreed to receive. At any time, you may withdraw consent by emailing Privacy@frontstream.com or by contacting our Privacy Officer. Please see our Privacy Policy found here PrivacyPolicy.