#3 - STORE FRONT NYC by Karla and Murray published by Prestel (Signed or Unsigned, Hardcover)
With a foreword from Chris Stein
Published by Prestel Publishing, 2023
Hardcover, 240 pages, 30,0 x 25,5 cm, 11.8 x 9.8 in, 200 color illustrations
We currently offer pristine never opened copies of this sought after book, bought new, in original plastic wrap for immediate shipping or pick up at the store. James and Karla return to NYC in March or April 2024 and will immediately be hosting a signing event at the store due to the continued demand for this book. We can also hold a copy for you and have it opened and signed and shipped or available for pick up at the store, once signed. Please note your preference when ordering.
James and Karla Murray have been capturing impeccably accurate photographs of New York City since the 1990s. In the course of their travels throughout the city's boroughs they've also taken great care to document the stories behind the scenery. The Murrays have rendered the out of the way bodegas, candy shops and record stores just as faithfully as the historically important institutions and well known restaurants, bars and cafes. From the Stonewall Inn to the Brownsville Bike Shop and The Pink Pussycat to Smith and Wolensky, the Murrays reveal how New York's beleaguered mom & pop business stand in sharp contrast to the city's rapidly evolving corporate facade. The authors' landmark 2008 book, Store Front, was recently cited in Bookforum's 20th Anniversary issue as having "demonstrated the paradoxical power of digital photo editing to alter actual views in order for us to see more clearly what is really there." James and Karla Murray live in New York City and were awarded the New York Society Library's prestigious New York City book award in 2012 for their last book, New York Nights.