Store Front NYC
Photographs of the City's Independent Shops, Past and Present
Prestel Publishing · Print & ebook · September 19, 2023
This collection of hugely popular and critically acclaimed photos celebrates New York City’s unique history and culture—from long-disappeared icons to still-thriving favorite haunts.
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- Who it’s for
- James and Karla Murray document New York’s independent shops through storefront photographs, captions, and borough maps.
- Genres
- Regional Photography, Travel Photography, History of Photography
- Published
- Prestel Publishing, September 19, 2023
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This collection of hugely popular and critically acclaimed photos celebrates New York City’s unique history and culture—from long-disappeared icons to still-thriving favorite haunts. For decades, husband-and-wife photography duo James and Karla Murray have been on a mission to document and preserve on film the various small shops of New York City—many of which are quickly disappearing—and a culture of authenticity that is hanging by just a thread.
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Featuring glorious new reproductions of images from their past books as well as never-before published photos, this elegiac volume will delight the Murrays’ multitude of fans, as well as anyone interested in the charm and history of small urban retail. Large in format and filled with color and affectionate detail, the book includes an introduction by the Murrays explaining the genesis of their lifelong project and why they love to photograph store fronts. Chapters are organized by each of the city’s five boroughs and include descriptions and maps. Most of the store fronts are featured in generous single-page images with captions listing location, neighborhood, and year the photo was taken. Filled with diversity and character, these images honor destinations lost to rising rents and changing demographics. Together they comprise both a guidebook and a love letter to a city that never sleeps, and is always evolving.
New York Storefronts
James and Karla Murray document New York’s independent shops through storefront photographs, captions, and borough maps.
Come here for
- Photographs of New York’s small shops, from vanished icons to still-thriving haunts
- Borough-organized chapters with store descriptions and maps
Expect
- Images with captions listing location, neighborhood, and photograph year
- An introduction to the Murrays’ project and why they photograph storefronts
Where it sits
| Travel Photography | 38% |
|---|---|
| Regional Photography | 28% |
| History of Photography | 26% |
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Publisher categories
- Architecture Photography
- Photographer Monographs
- Street Photography
- Authors
- James Murray, Karla Murray
- Publisher
- Prestel Publishing
- Published
- September 19, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
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