Recovered Memory: New York and Paris 1960-1980 [Hardcover]

Recovered Memory: New York and Paris 1960-1980 is a meditation on time and place: before the internet and 24/7 news; when one could visit the Eiffel Tower without seeing police and automatic weapons, when a ride on the New York subway cost 15 cents, when the smell of fresh-baked baguettes wafted over nearly every Parisian neighborhood, and when the Coney Island parachute ride still thrilled thousands. Van Ripers striking black and white photographs spanning twenty years, coupled with his eloquent texts, capture the 20th-century romance and grit of New York more than a half century ago, and Paris, some forty years ago. It was a time when the pace of life was slower and somehow less threatening, people talked to each other instead of texting on their iPhones, and you literally had to stop and smell the coffee.Andrea Smith, PublicistNational print and online campaignSocial Media campaignPromotion through: www.daylightbooks.orgPre-digital life in the worlds two greatest cities told in stunning Black and White photos and evocative text by a world-renowned photographer and author....a lively, entertaining compare-and-contrast exercise, wrought using the writers own decades-distant, but still vivid, recollections.,
- Musee Magazine, November 5, 2018
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L'Oeil de la PhotographieNo one can ignore New York; everyone loves Paris. Frank Van Ripers stunning photographs and eloquent text evoke a time when there was no internet, no 24-hour news cyclewhen one lived in a flesh and blood world, not one dominated by tweets, bits, bytes and Facebook friends. When people really did linger in the morning to smell the bagels - or the croissants. A classic black and white urban landscape offering a unique look at vintage Paris and New York by an acclaimed photographer/writer.