HOFER, Evelyn - New York

Background information

"The starting point for Evelyn HOFER's photographic volume 'New York', which is already out of print at the publisher, is the publication 'New York Proclaimed', which was already published in 1965, at that time including an extensive essay by V. S. Pritchett; this volume enjoyed great popularity when it was first published. 'New York Proclaimed' is an example of perhaps her most important work, her city portraits: books that present comprehensive prose texts by notable authors alongside her self-contained visual essays with their own narratives.

Content

The newly conceived volume 'New York' by Evelyn HOFER focuses on her photographs of the 1960s as well as previously unpublished images from the early 1970s. In thephotos of the street and (semi-) public spaces, people and architecture become symbols of a particular time and place. She immersed herself in New York society and captured these aspects of the everyday - unobtrusively and subtly, but all the more enduring because they are images that always reflect the spirit of the times.
The photobook 'New York' includes a new essay by John HASKELL that posits possible stories behind HOFER's photographs and makes connections between images taken over the course of ten years." (free translation of publisher's text, © Steidl, 2018)

About German-American photographer, Evelyn HOFER (1922-2009)

Photo books by Evelyn HOFER