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Open space in the inner city : ecology and the urban environment
- Title
- Open space in the inner city : ecology and the urban environment / photos by Arthur Tress.
- Author
- Tress, Arthur
- Publication
- New York : New York State Council on the Arts, 1971.
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- Additional Authors
- New York State Council on the Arts, issuing body.
- Description
- 50 plates : halftone photomechanical, black and white; 36 x 28 cm
- Summary
- Photomechanical reproductions of photographic depictions of environmental and social conditions in New York City in 1968. Consists of candid shots and views of people, mainly children, recreating or enjoying leisure time, as well as couples love making and individuals existing alone in the urban environment. Also consists of views of urban air and water pollution, dead animals and garbage accumulation; congestion caused by tall buildings, pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and signage; graffitied walls; and a crowded cemetery.
- Subjects
- Halftone photomechanical prints > 1970-1979
- Group portraits > 1960-1969
- Portrait photographs > 1960-1969
- Cityscapes > 1960-1969
- New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs
- Alienation (Social psychology) > New York (State) > New York
- Economic & social conditions > New York (State) > New York > 1960-1969
- City & town life > New York (State) > New York > 1960-1969
- Recreation > New York (State) > New York
- African Americans > Social conditions
- Pollution > New York (State) > New York > 1960-1969
- Ecology > New York (State) > New York > 1960-1969
- Genre/Form
- Cityscapes – 1960-1969.
- Portrait photographs – 1960-1969.
- Group portraits – 1960-1969.
- Halftone photomechanical prints – 1970-1979.
- Note
- Title taken from photographer's website and portfolio catalog record.
- All items bear printed one word caption on recto.
- Images originally captured 1968, and reproduced for a boxed portfolio in 1971, in a limited edition run of 1000.
- Images are grouped in series identified by one word captions: Pollution, Pleasure, Congestion, and Alienation.
- This copy does not have original portfolio box.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Arthur Tress, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1940 is a documentary and surrealist photographer whose subjects have included views of deteriorating urban environments, depictions of adult relationships and children's dreams, and abstracted views of still lifes, architecture and skate parks.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Tress, A. Open space in the inner city)
- OCLC
- 1276904258
- Author
- Tress, Arthur, photographer.
- Title
- Open space in the inner city : ecology and the urban environment / photos by Arthur Tress.
- Publisher
- New York : New York State Council on the Arts, 1971.
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Terms Of Use
- Collection may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Arthur Tress, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1940 is a documentary and surrealist photographer whose subjects have included views of deteriorating urban environments, depictions of adult relationships and children's dreams, and abstracted views of still lifes, architecture and skate parks.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- New York State Council on the Arts, issuing body.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Tress, A. Open space in the inner city)