William Meyers : Outer Boroughs ; New York Beyond Manhattan

“‘Outer Boroughs: New York beyond Manhattan’ continues the tradition — actually the several traditions — of photography in New York City. The predecessors of William Meyers worked almost entirely in Manhattan, but he worked in the other four boroughs — Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. Most of his pictures were taken on anonymous streets where the people of the place live and go about their business; they represent the quotidian, not the spectacular; they are the outer boroughs of the spirit as well as of the physical city.” (extrait du texte de présentation de l’éditeur). Photos en noir et blanc.