Rudy Burckhardt--New York Moments: Photographs and Films

by Anita Haldemann

The Swiss photographer and filmmaker Rudolph Burckhardt (1914-99) came to New York City in 1935 and experienced the awe that many first-time visitors to the city share. The grandeur, the energy, the vitality, the sheer movement of this American metropolis all drew Burckhardt in, and he made New York his home for the rest of his life. Equally inflecting his career as a photographer and filmmaker, the city and its vibrant cultural life became Burckhardt's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3858817023
• ISBN13: 9783858817020
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Scheidegger and Spiess
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.0"