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From 1906 to 1934, Eugene de Salignac shot over 20,000 stunning 8x10-inch glass-plate negatives of New York City. As sole photographer at the Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures during that period of dizzying growth, he documented the creation of the city's modern infrastructure--including bridges, major municipal buildings, roads and subways. For years, de Salignac's remarkably lyrical photographs have been featured in books and films, but never credited to their author. New York Rises, which will accompany a traveling exhibition, is the first monograph to present this unprecedented work as an aesthetically coherent oeuvre by a photographer with a unique vision. As meticulous in his record keeping as he was creative in his photography, de Salignac left five handwritten logs that identify each negative by place and exact date. This information is complemented throughout the book by narrative captions expanding on themes such as accidents, bridges, workers and the Depression. Essayist Michael Lorenzini unearths primary sources to reconstruct de Salignac's biography and Kevin Moore explores the photographer's work in the context of other masters of the period, including Eugene Atget and Berenice Abbott. Copublished with the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives.

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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Aperture; First edition (April 1, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1597110132
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597110136
  • Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Pictures of Old New York, April 7, 2007
This book is a beautiful set of photographs of New York during the early eays of the twentieth century. The photographs are dated from about 1908 to 1933. They show (mostly) a working environment. Here are people building bridges, paving streets. Because he worked for the department of bridges, it also seems like he was charged with recording accidents with pictures, possibly for legal reasons.

Along with the pictures are essays written by Michael Lorenzini, who is now a senior photographer at the NYC Department of Records/Municipal Archives, and by Kevin Moore, an accomplished writer in the history of photography.

I have seen some of these photographs before in various publications but never realized that these were only the tip of the iceberg, and that all of these pictures had been taken by the same individual.

Quite a number of the pictures show things that would be surprising to today's viewer. The Williamsburg Bridge for instance was equipped (in 1910) with a pair of electrically operated gates that worked to stop runaway horses on the bridge. Previously, the book says, there were an average of three runaways a month, usually fatal to the horses.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars More historic than artistic, May 17, 2007
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I bought this book based on the cover photograph and review which I had seen in the New Yorker; I was looking for some iconic photographs of workers in New York along the lines of the Lewis Hine photos of the construction of the Empire State Building. While some of the other photos in the book are striking, most of them are more a historical record than a great photographic experience. Still worthwhile, but a little disappointing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Notes of a Jazz Riff Playing Above the Skyline, March 11, 2008
By Bart King (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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If I endorse this book as a monograph showcasing the photos of a man who worked for New York's Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures for 28 years, I'll be lucky to get a polite, uninterested smile.

But if I could share one of photographer Eugene de Salignac's extraordinary shots with you, you'd be hooked. Just look at the book's cover, showcasing painters nonchalantly draped on the rigging of the Brooklyn Bridge. (They are described in THE NEW YORKER as looking like "the notes of a jazz riff playing above the skyline.")

Thanks and kudos to Michael Lorenzini, who scoured New York's Municipal Archives and looked over about twenty thousand glass negatives to compile this retrospective of de Salignac's work. The photographer had the opportunity to record the astounding construction in New York that took place in the first third of the 20th century. That means much of this material has to do with transportation, and so we are treated to vintage shot after shot of subway tunnels, ferries, bridges, and trolley lines, as well as landmarks like the Municipal Building.

An extraordinary career is retrieved from anonymity here, and Kevin Moore's notes do a good job of putting the images into context. Highly recommended.
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