STERNFELD, Joel - Walking the High Line

AS NEW, REVISED EDITION - 1ST EDITION ALSO AVAILABLE IN MY PHYSICAL TORE IN COLOGNE!

Background information

"In March 2000, the US-American photographer and New-York-native Joel STERNFELD began photographing the High Line, an abandoned elevated railway which runs down the West Side of Manhattan. Sometimes a river of grass, sometimes more like Canadian wheat fields, this unique ruin permitted Joel STERNFELD to contemplate nature within the city. Walking the path of this true-time landscape, Joel STERNFELD experienced the seasons as they unfolded in a meandering ribbon within the vertical architecture of New York City, and he created a suite of images marked by quiet grace and formal rigour.  'Walking the High Line' played a pivotal role in the struggle to preserve the High Line. In 2009 the High Line Park opened to overwhelming public interest and delight. The process of its transformation is also documented in this book in a timeline that traces from the historical pre-High-Line days to the present. Joel STERNFELD’s book is thus a unique record of the High Line at a time when it faced demolition, and this reprint follows several sold-out editions." (publisher's note, © Steidl Verlag, 2002)

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Additional information

The 1st print run photo volume 'Walking the High Line' by Joel STERNFELD has been followed by two later print runs. In 2023, a revised edition has been published.

About US-American photographer, Joel STERNFELD (b. 1944)

Photo books by Joel STERNFELD