NEW YORK VERTICAL

Παρουσίαση

(...) The selection of verticals in this book give some idea of how much visual competence, energy and endurance were necessary to find locations and perspectives, the right floor, spot, angle, and position of the sun. The final difficulty was often finding someone who grants Hamann the access to take these photographs. If that didn’t work, Hamann called on a bit of cheek and some luck to get past them, as was the case with the Chrysler Building. When friends of his on a film crew received special permission to shoot at the top of his favourite skyscraper, Hamann sneaked in with them, got off the elevator on the 61st floor and climbed through an office window to shoot what he’d wanted for a long time: the chrome eagle. Due to the light condition and the danger of being discovered, he had just a few minutes to choose his shot. While the traffic droned on 900 feet below, he took his picture, hand-held.
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