{"title":"Daniel Root","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"new-york-bars-at-dawn-hardcover","title":"New York Bars at Dawn - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eDaniel Root's photos of New York bars at dawn are a perfect blend of beauty and melancholia. Everything about them is just right. \u003c\/em\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eRoz Chast\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e cartoonist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly every day, Daniel Root sets out before sunrise to wander the streets of Manhattan with his camera. In those comparatively quiet hours, the entire city wears a different face, but Root is particularly fascinated by the scenes to be glimpsed through the windows of its bars. Empty of patrons and illuminated by an odd mix of artificial lights--neon beer ads, red EXIT signs, a single bulb above the cash register--they present a more hushed and mysterious aspect than in the busy evening hours. Nonetheless, each one--whether a dive bar, a sports bar, or a restaurant bar--still conveys an individual character, a distinct personality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Bars at Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e presents some two hundred of Root's most compelling bar portraits, ranging from well-known establishments like Balthazar, McSorley's, and the Stonewall Inn to nameless dives and an American Legion post. A foreword by Rosie Schaap, author of \u003cem\u003eDrinking with Men\u003c\/em\u003e, shows us just how much Root's photographs reveal about bar culture, and an afterword by art historian Suzaan Boettger examines their aesthetic qualities. This will be an essential volume for anyone with an interest in nightlife, interiors, or urban photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378049941727,"sku":"9780789214775","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lJWTbsHQ1h9780789214775.webp?v=1789247783"},{"product_id":"the-east-village-then-and-now-hardcover","title":"The East Village Then and Now - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen photographer Daniel Root moved to the East Village in the early 1980s, this constantly changing neighborhood was in one of its periods of greatest ferment. Multiple immigrant groups maintained enclaves there--including Ukrainians, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Dominicans, and Poles--even as drug dealers plied their trade in abandoned buildings and young artists flooded in looking for cheap rents, followed close behind by real estate speculators. Through his lens, Root captured a young Madonna filming \u003cem\u003eDesperately Seeking Susan\u003c\/em\u003e on St. Mark's Place; the storefront galleries of the East Village art scene; Life Cafe, where Jonathan Larson would write--and set--Rent; retirees playing chess in Tompkins Square Park; junkies fleeing the police. Forty years later, Root--still an East Village resident--has returned to the very same places where he took those pictures, to document how the scene has changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Root's \"then and now\" photographs, presented together in this volume along with his wry commentary, document the transformation of a legendary New York neighborhood for better and worse--higher rents, yes, but lower crime; displacement, but also the persistence of community and creativity. A foreword by renowned artist Peter McGough and noted Beat historian Bill Morgan shed further light on the history of the East Village. This will be an essential volume for all downtown denizens, past, present, and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378260967647,"sku":"9780789215154","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dYnSJc0Pex9780789215154.webp?v=1789250888"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/daniel-root.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}