Jeff Mermelstein

Marvin Heiferman

Inspired by his bizarre encounters with the odd and the unusual in Asbury Park, New Jersey, made famous by Bruce Springsteen, Mermelstein vigorously prowled the streets of New York City in the mid-1980s, snapping up scenes of vivid colour, glitz, artifice and unrelenting ugliness. Attracted to the surreal and outlandish, including everything from dog shows to grand openings of malls, Mermelstein took his project across the decades and across the country, resulting in this bizarre catalogue of the wacky, quirky, oddly lyrical sights of America. 75 full-colour photos.

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This exceptonally strong and dynamic series of street photographs of New York is the winner of the 1999 European Publishers Award for Photography. As we follow Mermelstein through the city we are staggered by its drama and mystery. We confront characters who seem hyper-real - crazed, paranoid or simply pressured - and we come across incidents which seem totally surreal. Exhilarating and memorable, immensely funny yet deeply disturbing, this is a major work by an established talent. Includes 58 full-colour plates.

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