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A profile of photographer Joel Sternfeld, whose series "Walking the High... more info A profile of photographer Joel Sternfeld, whose series "Walking the High Line" captured the High Line elevated rail structure in four seasons"

images from the highline project

" It's been very fashionable to focus on the weakness and the banality of America, but what I wanted to say is that it's also a very exciting and fascinating place. - Joel Sternfeld, 1987 Joel Sternfeld's projects can perhaps be divided into two general groups: site-specific landscapes somehow connected to human presence (though people are rarely present in them) and shot during distinct periods of time, and a more ranging, long-term examination of the United States accomplished largely by photographing Americans contextualized by their environments. "

Photographers discussed include Cartier Bresson Manuel Alvarez Bravo Walker Evans Robert Frank Lee Freidlander William Eggleston Joel Sternfeld