Architecture under Construction [Hardcover]

This is essentially a photo album on metropolitan buildings during their construction period. It is a large format book which is beautifully printed on acid free paper and bound nicely. All the photos are in black and white. Each page holds a single photo (with perhaps a single exception at the beginning). A quite informative foreword (by Joseph Rosa) accompanies the photos. The compositions range from almost purely abstracts (p17) to essentially documentary ones (?p67) although I dare say most can be read as abstractions of a varying degree. The afterword by the author, describing the shooting conditions, is a pleasure to read!

"Abstract monochromes of naked or partly covered constructions" may not sound particularly inviting for many potential readers, I guess. Still, I have found most of the images produced using a large format film camera to be really beautiful; in composition, framing and tonality. If you wonder how a study of verticals, horizontals and diagonals can be this satisfying and even intriguing, just turn a few pages.

Product Description

Stanley Greenberg is a Guggenheim Award-winning photographer and the author of Invisible New York: The Hidden Infrastructures of the City and Waterworks: A Photographic Journey Through New York s Hidden Water System, among other titles.

Features