Harvey Wangs New York [Paperback]

Harvey Wang (Author)

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Paperback: 1 pages
Publisher: WW Norton (Dec 1 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393306925
ISBN-13: 978-0393306927
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 14.3 x 0.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 200 g

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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,273,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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These beautiful and often poignant portraits show us men and women in vanishing jobs and professions. As machines and electronics take over, as gentrification or changes in customs occur, a way of life disappears. But Harvey Wang was able to document these lives before it was too late. The photographs and descriptions will entertain and inform us all.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A little gem..., May 27 1999

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"(Harvey Wang's New York is) a little gem that celebrates the obscure New Yorkers who represent the city's diversity..." -Entertainment Weekly.

"Wang's photos are direct, arresting, even soulful, and his character's stories are surprisingly poignant...No matter how many millions of stories are in the Naked City, these are sure to linger in your mind." - Los Angeles Times .

'I can conceive of Harvey Wang's New York as readily as Liebling's, Walt Whitman's or Edith Wharton's...(the book is the product ) of a man who, like Balzac, intuitively understands the primacy of work in the lives of working people." -Albany Sunday Times Union.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A little gem..., May 27 1999

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"(Harvey Wang's New York is) a little gem that celebrates the obscure New Yorkers who represent the city's diversity..." -Entertainment Weekly.

`I can conceive of Harvey Wang's New York as readily as Liebling's, Walt Whitman's or Edith Wharton's...(the book is the product ) of a man who, like Balzac, intuitively understands the primacy of work in the lives of working people." -Albany Sunday Times Union.

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking portraits!, Nov 14 2010

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I've recently become passionate about photography and this book is one of the most deeply inspiring I've found. Each photo of a New Yorker in a vanishing profession is awe-inspiring and makes me feel I am seeing not only intriguing professions, but also the souls of the people in those fields.

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