Andrew Savulich: The City
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3869306904 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Amazing book and Savulich's eye is anything but usual Dominic Clarke Amazing book and Savulich's eye is anything but usual. A real treat for those who enjoy the darker side of things.. "Five Stars" according to Carol Hopkins. A gripping look at New York City as it was at the time.. B. Wolinsky said The Bad Old Days. A bike messenger bleeds form the mouth after being punched by a cab driver. In another photo, a building doorman tackles a pickpocket on the hood of a cab. A subway passenger sits on the floor of the car, tended to by transit police after being stabbed. The other rider
They're deadpan and hilarious, leaving just enough unsaid to send your eye right back to the photos. (Ellie Schroeder Observer)When he makes prints for himself rather than for the paper, Savulich adds an extra dimension in the form of neatly lettered captions. Andrew Savulich's first photography book paints a unique portrait of the city's streets from 1980 to 1995. (Christopher Bonanos New York Magazine) . both a tribute to tabloid photography in its heyday and the wildness of 1980s New York City
Social and cultural transition is often hard to gauge. New York in the 1980s and the first half of the 90s was clearly a different place than it is now: the city was more violent, the streets stranger, and Times Square still wonderfully sleazy. The startling immediacy of the moment prevails in his black-and-white images on which he provides handwritten captions. Andrew Savulich's (born 1959) subject is this perpetually changing metropolis, and his images are a unique mix of spot news and street photography, capturing crime scenes as well as everyday life. What at first seems like objective commentary soon reveals a dry ironic tone, at times bordering on black humor.