Manhattan Lightscape

by Mark Helprin and Nathaniel Lieberman

Book Overview

Master architectural photographer Nathaniel Lieberman sees New York City in terms of light: the light of dawn casting a honey-colored glow over the East River; the light of dusk soothing the stately structures on Central Park West; artificial light setting midtown Manhattan ablaze at night; the sharp light of day delineating the incomparable Manhattan skyline. His vistas, taken from high atop New York's skyscrapers and from its bridges and boroughs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558591214
• ISBN13: 9781558591219
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 13.3" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Great New York City pictures

If you love New York City and can't live there this will help. The pictures are fantastic and the photographer, Nathaniel Lieberman, gives a description of what each picture is and where it was taken, including buildings, streets and avenues. The center of the book has Central Park, taken during each of the four seasons, with a description and also drawings of the park. This is the kind of book that each time you look at it you find things you didn't see the last time. Great book!

best New York picture book!!

THE best picture book about NY: photographers managed to catch the beautiful light that makes New York so magical!

A most artistic and beautiful composition of NYC photos.

After reading many architecture and photography books about NYC I knew this book was a keeper when I noticed it at a used book store in Boston. I have yet to find a more visceral or beautiful collection of photos about the great city. Likewise, the collection of prose is equally captivating and informative to read.