http://www.turntablelab.com/the-wall/0/3/88558.html
Nice slide show of shots of inside the book too….
the lab review
It’s easy for many to take New York at its current face value (especially for transplants like myself): hip restaurants, hi-end boutiques, and the ever-increasing big name retail chains. What Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York (Mini Edition) by James T. Murray and Karla L. Murray captures, however, is the passing cityscape of the five boroughs - the facades of mom-and-pop butcher chops, bakeries, fabric wholesalers, groceries, sporting-goods, dive bars, etc - that once gave the city its distinctive appearance but are quickly disappearing. The authors of two other NY-centric books, Broken Windows and Burning New York, travel thorough neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx to photograph strorefront signs and interview owners, and the richly colored images alongside insightful stories present a street-level view of the Big Apple and how it is changing (more than third of the businesses featured are gone). 336 pages + 4 fold-outs, hardcover, 8″ x 7″, 246 illustrations, recommended.
reviewed by nakinboots 01/21/2011
posted by jimkarla at 11:32 am
http://www.miamism.com/miamism-fridays-piano-bar/
“James and Karla Murray had the perfect capture of the wet piano that has made Miami history and I have to also add that Karla did some mean swimming to get the shot – talk about dedication!”
posted by jimkarla at 11:10 am
http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/beyond-point-and-shoot
“A strong and select slate of photography exhibitions opens at New York galleries next week and in early February. They feature photographers who are known for pioneering specific techniques or who have gone beyond-sometimes way beyond-the kinds of commercial images they may be best known for. For these artists, pictures are far more than point-and-shoot.”
“Storefront II”
Clic Gallery
255 Centre Street
Feb. 1-March 27
“James and Karla Murray had considerable success with their 2009 exhibit “Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York,” which also inspired a coffee-table book. The pair had spent a decade tromping around the city’s boroughs, shooting the mom-and-pop stores (grocery and butcher shops, bodegas) they worried were vanishing from the cityscape. Several of the businesses had closed by the time the book was published, and the elegiac images of them, and of our town’s vernacular architecture, struck a chord. In a show opening Feb. 1, they’re exhibiting the second edition of the series, but it’s a broader, more expansive view of the city and includes snaps of New York’s (hopefully un-endangered) landmarks. ”
http://clicgallery.com/
posted by jimkarla at 11:25 am
http://anthologymag.com/blog3/page/2/
Although Anthology is technically a Northern California-based publication, we work with so many freelancers and travel to so many different places that there are many cities we like to consider “home.” Still, there are some things I wish I could experience on a more daily basis, and a Bay Area branch of the Clic Bookstore & Gallery would be one of them. With several locations—including NYC, St. Barths, and East Hampton—Clic is a well-curated chain of spaces that offer an incredible selection of contemporary photography.
Luckily, even if you’re unable to visit Clic galleries in person, you can browse the work of most of the artists they carry on their site and download size and pricing sheets, making it almost too easy to drop large sums of money on truly amazing artwork. Clic is an amazing resource for collectors or for anyone looking to discover some fresh photographic talents. And I’m hoping that someday there will be a San Francisco location.
{Image from the Storefronts series by James and Karla Murray}
posted by jimkarla at 11:22 am
posted by jimkarla at 12:22 am
From K’s swim to the piano…
K, two dolphins and a pelican…
Associated Press: someone was watching…
“Freelance photographer Karla Murray of New York photographs a grand piano that recently appeared on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Whoever put the piano there placed it at the highest point of the sandbar so that it’s not underwater during high tide. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)”
K, almost there…
posted by jimkarla at 3:54 pm
Appeared in print on January 16, 2011, page CT2 of the New York edition.
(Thanks Al for the pics)
The Howard Johnson’s in Times Square might not be mourned as much as Penn Station, but it is another example of “The Disappearing Face of New York” — the subtitle of “Store Front” (Gingko Press, $65), James T. and Karla L. Murray’s nostalgic photographic tribute to the city’s vanished and threatened shops, bars and restaurants.
“This imaginative project was rooted in an earlier book about ephemeral graffiti, which required return visits to the same blocks. The authors began documenting storefronts in 2000, and by 2008, they write, nearly one-third of the ones photographed had disappeared. Their neatly organized book includes recollections by the owners.
“These storefronts have the city’s history etched in their facades,” they write. “They set the pulse, life and texture of their communities.” “
posted by jimkarla at 7:43 pm
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Putting a Stamp on New York’s Architecture
By SAM ROBERTS
A version of this review appeared in print on January 16, 2011, on page CT2 of the New York edition.
The Howard Johnson’s in Times Square might not be mourned as much as Penn Station, but it is another example of “The Disappearing Face of New York” — the subtitle of “Store Front” (Gingko Press, $65), James T. and Karla L. Murray’s nostalgic photographic tribute to the city’s vanished and threatened shops, bars and restaurants.
“This imaginative project was rooted in an earlier book about ephemeral graffiti, which required return visits to the same blocks. The authors began documenting storefronts in 2000, and by 2008, they write, nearly one-third of the ones photographed had disappeared. Their neatly organized book includes recollections by the owners.
“These storefronts have the city’s history etched in their facades,” they write. “They set the pulse, life and texture of their communities.” “
posted by jimkarla at 12:37 pm
