Photographs by Nadine Ottawa. Text by Nuria Furrer.
People arrive in the Big Apple every day, hoping to make something of themselves. How many of them succeed? And how do the people already living there, who have perhaps already failed or succeeded, feel about the city? In New York Is…, German photographer Nadine Ottawa (born 1979) and Swiss journalist Nuria Furrer (born 1982) explored these issues, approaching people on the streets of New York and asking them to complete the sentence "New York is …." This catalogue presents their answers, next to Otawa’s color portraits. Among those answers: "A pot of gold." "Madness." "Nightlife and daylife." "Full of laws." "The world’s best playground." "Paul Auster." "The best thing that ever happened to me." "Love." "A city that I would never, ever leave."
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In this concise photobook, German photographer Nadine Ottawa and Swiss journalist Nuria Furrer ask strangers on the streets of New York to complete the sentence: "New York is …." Below are a selection of their answers, alongside Otawa’s color portraits. continue to blog
FORMAT: Pbk, 6.75 x 8.75 in. / 160 pgs / 68 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $25.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $34.5 ISBN: 9783866788886 PUBLISHER: Kerber AVAILABLE: 3/31/2014 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: FLAT40 PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA LA ME
Published by Kerber. Photographs by Nadine Ottawa. Text by Nuria Furrer.
People arrive in the Big Apple every day, hoping to make something of themselves. How many of them succeed? And how do the people already living there, who have perhaps already failed or succeeded, feel about the city? In New York Is…, German photographer Nadine Ottawa (born 1979) and Swiss journalist Nuria Furrer (born 1982) explored these issues, approaching people on the streets of New York and asking them to complete the sentence "New York is …." This catalogue presents their answers, next to Otawa’s color portraits. Among those answers: "A pot of gold." "Madness." "Nightlife and daylife." "Full of laws." "The world’s best playground." "Paul Auster." "The best thing that ever happened to me." "Love." "A city that I would never, ever leave."
