Originally published by legendary Twelvetrees Press in Pasadena, the book was printed on a photogravure press, now virtually extinct. "What emerged was a bounty of startling black-and-white images, both bleak and ravishing, that were so starkly truthful about that time and place that their publication as Invisible City in 1988 would become a landmark cult title, unavailable for over two decades. An important book made available again for a new generation of photographers (and for those of us who were a bit distracted at the time)." - Cuatro Cuerpos. Ken Schles' Invisible City is an extraordinary production, printed in five inks using a special screen to mimic as closely as possible the original photogravure. Even if you agree with some of his critics, you have to admit that Cartier-Bresson's book is very beautiful. "Steidl ends the year with two masterpieces: Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment, and Ken Schles' Invisible City. "hellishly brilliant." - Vince Aletti, The New Yorker. Bottom Line: A re-issued classic, straight outta the NYC 80's." - Jonathan Blaustein, from the blog A Photo Editor. "Together with Night Walk, these two volumes are must books for those interested in New York but more, to anyone interested in the edge of life." - James Wellford, Vogue Italia. They are marked by a lust for life out of control." - Freddy Langer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. So intimate and direct, that it sometimes pains the eyes. "Perhaps one of the greatest portrayals of nocturnal urban life of the 20th Century - certainly keeping equal company with Brassai's classic Paris de Nuit." - Eric Miles, Photo-Eye.Ī "worthy addition to the canon." - Gerry Badger/Martin Parr, The Photobook: A History Volume III. a picture book that comprehends both the shambles and the thrall." Is rarely clear to anyone living in it, except as tenacious sensation. One of these books, doubtless is Invisible City by the American photographer Ken Schles, and it succeeds on its own merits." - Iñaki Domingo, New York in Photobooks "Although many have tried, few have suceeded in creating a lasting and relevant book about one of the most hackneyed themes in the history of photography: street photography in New York City. "The grainy black-and-white photos make you feel like you're falling through a dream." - Mark Murrmann, Mother JonesĪ New York Times notable book of the year (1988). Mother Jones Best photobook of the year (2014). TIME photobook of the year (2014) "The reissue of Invisible City is rich in texture and is every bit as intoxicating as that first visit to Schles' East Village in New York City in the eighties." - Michelle Molloy, International Photo Editor, TIME. The Daily Beast best photobook of the year (2015): "Visually stimulating and incredibly powerful." Ken Schles on the invisibility of Invisible CityĪlong with Night Walk nominated for the 2016 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize There is a nominally higher price over list. Note: Copies of Invisible City and Night Walk sold on this site are from the 1st Steidl edition printed in 2014 (now out of print). See 101 images from Invisible City and Night Walk mapped to Google Maps. Along with Night Walk, Invisible City was nominated for the 2016 Deutsche Börse prize, and has proven its place in the canon of the photographic book. Cited in the seminal Parr/Badger The Photobook: A History Volume III, and noted twice by photobook experts in 10x10 American Photobooks, Invisible City was warmly received upon its republication as a book of the year in TIME, Mother Jones, Vogue Italia and The Daily Beast after a 26-year hiatus. While the book shared space with works by Rauschenberg, Warhol, Keifer and many others, it was the sole representative of the published photographic book. 1992 saw Invisible City exhibited in More Than One Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, an exhibit that surveyed the range of photographic use in contemporary art practice. A New York Times notable book of the Year (1988) and awarded by the AIGA for book design, Invisible City also appeared in 802 Photo Books from the M + M Auer Collection, a compendium of books important to the history of photography.
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