Los Angeles. Portrait of a City - Rezensionen
"Fantastic book - but let's reinforce that coffee table... There are books which should come with a health warning. A little sticker illustrating back strain, or the crippling consequence of dropping the tome on one's toe. This week just such a book was levered on to my desk by fairies unknown, though ones with gym membership. Standing 15 inches tall and weighing a little less than a baby elephant is the latest publication from Taschen, whose new motto is "rich books for poor times". The German art-house publisher produces titles whose size, expanse and sheer beauty are enough to make an e-book short-circuit with shame. These are titles to dominate a room that demand endless days of idle flicking, not a title to be reduced to pixels. Their motto is also apt. I don't know when I'll next manage a trip to Los Angeles, but, thanks to TASCHEN, I feel like I'm just back.... Visiting Los Angeles: Portrait of a City (this is a book too big to just "read") has been like a combined mini-staycation and an erudite history degree. The 571 pages of black-and-white and colour photographs are magical, carrying you from the days when Sunset Boulevard was ploughed by a team of horses to the rising hotels and neon glitz of today. The pictures are like the movies they will become, such as LA Confidential."The Scotsman, EdinburghGroßbritannien |
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"Jim Heimann und Kevin Starr haben einen voluminösen Band zusammengestellt, der Wachstum und Wandel von Los Angeles dokumentiert in knappen Texten und mehreren hundert prägnanten Aufnahmen. An den Bildern lässt sich die spezifische Urbanität der Stadt ablesen."Süddeutsche Zeitung, MünchenDeutschland |
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"572 Seiten voller Bilder, Karten, Fotos und knappen, aber präzisen Texten ... zur Stadtgeschichte von Los Angeles .... Der Bildband ist eine wahre Orgie für Fans des Art Déco, der Streamline-Bauten, der Neuen Sachlichkeit, der großformatigen Pop-Kulissen und Kitsch-Exaltationen ... Im Anhang finden sich ... sinnvoll ausgewählte Filme, Bücher und Musik über L.A. ... ."Titel-Magazin.de, HamburgDeutschland |
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"Traum-Tour in Wort und Bild."Tageblatt, LuxemburgLuxemburg |
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“In over 500 pages, Portrait of a City brings you images of some of the dreams upon which LA was built, from old photos of makeshift movie studios, to drive-ins and beaches, to celebrities like the young Jackson 5, and of course, to the ubiquitous backyard swimming pools. A challenging project for any city, but a portrait of such a diverse, confusing and ever-changing environment as Los Angeles is as nostalgically sweet as a dream that for many has not yet been realized but still holds a morsel of hope.”Range Finder, Los AngelesUSA |
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"Sarà perchè la città è così fotogenica, immersa nella luce tutto l'anno, sarà per la sua storia culturale, politica, industriale, sociale. ... Una città che ha saputo far innamorare chi ci ha vissuto, ma che va capita. Esiste un bel libro, edito da TASCHEN, Los Angeles: Portrait of a City, che è letteralmente il ritratto che ci restituiscono fotografi come Julius Shulman, Garry Winogrand, William Claxton e molti altri superbi maestri dell'obiettivo le cui immagini sono state recuperate da archivi e musei mettendone assieme oltre 500."Muse, MilanoItalien |
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"Depuis le boom immobilier des années 1880 jusqu’à l’extension incontrôlée de l’époque contemporaine, voici, en 500 photos, l’histoire culturelle, sociologique, politique, physique de la Cité des Anges. Un tourbillon d’instantanés montrant L.A. comme un organisme vivant. Magnifique et vertigineux."Nitro, ParisFrankreich |
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"Visuelle Vielschichtigkeit zeichnet dieses ‚Portrait einer Stadt' aus ... - eine alle Vorstellung überschreitende Materialfülle in großartiger Qualität."CHIP Foto-Video Digital, MünchenDeutschland |
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"Fotoritratto di un sogno americano: Los Angeles... Una palma piantata in Fifth Street per 'tropicalizzare' la città nel 1889. Hollywoodland nel 1924. Beach boom e brillantina negli anni '50... Così non c'e l'aspettavamo ma è così che la raccontano - fino al 2000 - gli scatti di grandi fotografi, sviscerandone i 'dietro le quinte' tra stili di vita, costumi, mode. Ritratti nostralgici e persino buffi, da ritrovare o scoprire in un viaggio divertente."Marie Claire Maison, MilanoItalien |
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"Von der Geburt der ‚Stadt der Engel' erzählen mehr als 500 Bilder, die der Kulturwissenschaftler Jim Heimann in dem opulenten Band ... zusammengetragen hat ... Ein Stadtportrait mit Goldgräbern, Stars, Beachboys und Betschwestern von 1862 bis heute."Focus, MünchenDeutschland |
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