Blood & Beauty: Manhattan's Meatpacking District (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780764338847)

New York City's Meatpacking District is known today for glitz and glamour, but it used to be famed for blood, muscle, and sweat. When photographer Pamela Greene first visited this area, she found a 24-hour neighborhood that changed daily, from a gritty industrial site to a sophisticated play ground, and back again, by dawn. She photographed it all, capturing the electric energy of the streets, and a nightly frenzy underground of strippers, singers, gays, straights, and on occasion, prostitutes. In 120 raw images, Greene gives us a portrait of change, an ode to urban transformation, and an elegy for workers who have disappeared into New York City history.

Author: Pamela Greene
ISBN-10: 0764338846
ISBN-13: 9780764338847
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/25/2011
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.18lbs
Size: 8.90h x 11.45w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 39