"The Glow of Paris is a Spectacular Collection of Photos" Ross Rojek, San Francisco Book Review
"The Glow of Paris is a Spectacular Collection of Photos" Ross
Rojek, San Francisco Book Review
Accompanied by a fascinating historical portrayal, the book presents a unique and aesthetic vision of Paris because no one else has ever photographed and written about the bridges that cross the
Seine in this way.
New York, NY, USA (December 22, 2014) -- Most
Parisians will be shocked by the unnoticed and unheralded beauty of the bridges across the Seine River that they cross over in the city every day.
That's because very few Paris residents have witnessed the stunning beauty of the bridges at night as displayed in a one-of-a-kind book of black and white photos of the
35 bridges crossing the Seine in city limits as captured by
Gary Zuercher.
Zuercher spent five years photographing the 35 bridges at night during the winter months and another year researching the history of the bridges, gathering anecdotes, printing and assembling the prints to put to press the recently published The Glow of Paris: The
Bridges of Paris at Night (ISBN 978-0-9906309-0-6,
Marcorp Editions, 2014, 208 pages, $49.95, available on
Amazon and at: http://www.marcorp-editions.com.
The Glow of Paris is an eclectic collection of extraordinary gelatin-silver photographic prints of the bridges of Paris - nighttime images that are breathtaking. Accompanied by a fascinating historical portrayal, the book presents a unique and aesthetic vision of Paris because no one else has ever photographed and written about the bridges that cross the Seine in this way.
"For the most part Parisians take these architectural wonders for granted, relying on their functionality to get them where they want to go each day," says author Zuercher. "They don't appreciate the beauty because most don't see the glow of the bridges at night. And most have forgotten that from Julius Caesar to Princess Diana, the bridges of Paris have played in important role in history."
The fascinating narrative that accompanies the artistic black
Rojek, San Francisco Book Review
Accompanied by a fascinating historical portrayal, the book presents a unique and aesthetic vision of Paris because no one else has ever photographed and written about the bridges that cross the
Seine in this way.
New York, NY, USA (December 22, 2014) -- Most
Parisians will be shocked by the unnoticed and unheralded beauty of the bridges across the Seine River that they cross over in the city every day.
That's because very few Paris residents have witnessed the stunning beauty of the bridges at night as displayed in a one-of-a-kind book of black and white photos of the
35 bridges crossing the Seine in city limits as captured by
Gary Zuercher.
Zuercher spent five years photographing the 35 bridges at night during the winter months and another year researching the history of the bridges, gathering anecdotes, printing and assembling the prints to put to press the recently published The Glow of Paris: The
Bridges of Paris at Night (ISBN 978-0-9906309-0-6,
Marcorp Editions, 2014, 208 pages, $49.95, available on
Amazon and at: http://www.marcorp-editions.com.
The Glow of Paris is an eclectic collection of extraordinary gelatin-silver photographic prints of the bridges of Paris - nighttime images that are breathtaking. Accompanied by a fascinating historical portrayal, the book presents a unique and aesthetic vision of Paris because no one else has ever photographed and written about the bridges that cross the Seine in this way.
"For the most part Parisians take these architectural wonders for granted, relying on their functionality to get them where they want to go each day," says author Zuercher. "They don't appreciate the beauty because most don't see the glow of the bridges at night. And most have forgotten that from Julius Caesar to Princess Diana, the bridges of Paris have played in important role in history."
The fascinating narrative that accompanies the artistic black