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Lou Reed's New York Hardcover – January 15, 2006

by Lou Reed (Photographer)

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After his first book of photographs was published, Lou Reed told a journalist for The Independent on Sunday that "I live on intuition and taking pictures is intuitive." Here, we see Lou Reed's intuitive take on New York, the city that has been the fulcrum of his creative world for decades and with which he has become indelibly identified. We've heard about the streets and characters for so long through his words and music, and now we can see it through his eyes. Over 100 of Reed's photographs comprise New York, an intimate view of what inspires him.

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192 pages
Language

English
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Steidl/Edition 7L
Publication date

January 15, 2006
Dimensions

11.61 x 0.71 x 8.82 inches
ISBN-10

3865211526
ISBN-13

978-3865211521
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Steidl/Edition 7L (January 15, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3865211526
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3865211521
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.87 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.61 x 0.71 x 8.82 inches

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Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2021

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Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2013

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I enjoy everything Lou Reed produced (even MMM). This book is lots of photos of NYC skyline. Day, night, blurred, grainy, etc. Lots of blurred city lights and city-scapes. I keep it on my work desk and I find it relaxing to thumb through.

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Lou Reed's New York

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2012

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Lou Reed's New York is dark and blurry and full of over- exposures, but hey, he's an artist. You'll look at this book twice and relegate it to the shelf where it will never be seen again.....

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Engaging.

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2006

This book is really a visual poetry on New York, mostly working with areas on or near the Hudson river. I am partial in looking at this book as I know the area well and have also experienced a lot of the incredible early evening light along the Manhattan's West border. And the character of the Hudson fjord/river, retaining a rich history of maritime and urbanity, dissappearing under redevelopment schemes of various qualities.
The book is divided into several sections under their own heading. Each of these would be sufficient for a smaller photgraphy exhibition. I particularly like Blood moon and the distorted electric instrument like works.
There are also dark images, as if the twilight moment so strong at the river makes objects and spaces barely visible. The dark is an interesting photographic subject.
I also like the chapter with this beautiful title:

Sunrise Sunset
Don't you ever go to rest
The moon forever circling
A ring on the finger of a God.

It starts relating words with the images and gets away from the plain photographic imagery.
There is a side in his photograpic works where things are looked at intently, up close, experiences from a possibly shaky hand, overlays, interpretations and experimenting with the medium.
This is not your normal photographers book, it contains the works of a word-man.
Anyway, from this book I get the sense that Manhattan is the center of Lou's universe, in a larger cosmic sense to a plain almost in your face reality check.
There are a number of references in this book worthy of some discussion, I'll only mention here the Empire State building at the end. I read it as a subtle recognition of Drella's old movie. New York is rich in history and Lou's images contain more than meets the eye. Not knowing what to expect I have to say this book was surprising to me, the quality and thought and effort to experiment.

(I bought my copy at his exhibition opening. It has a kind of a fabric cover. I don't know if the edition sold here is exactly the same format.)

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Mark Derry

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2014

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Lou Reed was no photographer but if you want a memento from the great man that no-one else has.. Lou was no Andy Warhol

J. Gomes

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Reviewed in Germany on January 5, 2014

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Not everyone is partial to the Avant-garde view of the world. In Lou Reed's New York, he has given us a window into how he had viewed the city he loved until his passing in October 2013. The photos are colorful and at times not clear or blurred I think maybe to make us try and focus more on what he was attempting to show us. It is certainly clear that his likes will never be here again and whether you like it or not his works in music and art are with us for our visual as well as audio pleasure and will keep people guessing for years to come.
This book is very special to those who enjoyed Lou Reed as Artist and Musician but also to those who knew that he was human just like us.

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