For over fifty years, Harry Gruyaert has wandered New York City’s streets, capturing its dazzling contrasts—from towering skylines and neon-lit diners to multicultural neighborhoods and fleeting street scenes. Designed as a large-format visual album, this book presents each photograph across a double-page spread, evoking the rhythm and energy of a cinematic storyboard.
Accompanying this striking visual journey are fictional vignettes by acclaimed filmmaker Cédric Klapisch, blurring the lines between reality and imagination. A city of endless spectacle, New York becomes a global stage in Gruyaert’s hands—alive with drama, diversity, and color.
Reviews
The book is full of phenomenal pictures, most of which sweep across oversized spreads. Like the City itself, the book is dense—full of small dramas and magical moments and action unrolling in multiple planes at once and, of course, Harry [Gruyaert]’s pioneering use of color that can drop even the most jaded jaw—without the quiet pauses afforded by white space seen in quieter books… Harry understands Manhattan’s beating heart.
— Bill Shapiro
Brilliant.
— Dig This with Alex Belth
Contributors
Harry Gruyaert
Author
Harry Gruyaert is a Belgian photographer known for his images of India, Morocco, Egypt, and the west of Ireland, and for his use of color. He is a member of Magnum Photos, and his work has been exhibited widely and won the Kodak Prize.
Cédric Klapisch
Author
Cédric Klapisch is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2015, he cofounded La Cinatek, a streaming platform dedicated to the world’s greatest films, selected by filmmakers from around the globe.
