Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City

Evelyn Hofer was an innovative photographer whose prolific career spanned five decades. She made her greatest impact through a series of photobooks, published throughout the 1960s, devoted to European and American cities, including Florence, London, New York, Washington, and Dublin. Her photographs feature landscapes and architectural views combined with portraiture, conveying the unique character and personality of these urban capitals during a period of intense structural, social, and economic transformations after World War II.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2023
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers

Evelyn Hofer, a highly innovative photographer whose prolific career spanned five decades, made a significant impact through her series of photobooks published in the 1960s. Despite her extraordinary output, she was underrecognized during her lifetime and was notably referred to by New York Times art critic Hilton Kramer as "the most famous unknown photographer in America." Hofer's greatest contribution came through a series of photobooks dedicated to European and American cities, including Florence, London, New York, Washington, and Dublin, as well as a book focused on the country of Spain. Comprising more than 100 photographs in both black and white and color, "Eyes on the City" accompanies the artist's first major museum exhibition in the United States in over 50 years. The photographs feature landscapes and architectural views combined with portraiture, conveying the unique character and personality of these urban capitals during a period of intense structural, social, and economic transformations after World War II.

Evelyn Hofer, born in Germany in 1922 and moving to New York in 1946, was an early adopter of color photography. She published assignments for numerous major magazines, including Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Hofer collaborated with authors such as Mary McCarthy and V.S. Pritchett on several books, including "The Stones of Florence" (1959), "London Perceived" (1962), and "Dublin: A Portrait" (1967). She passed away in Mexico City.

Dimension: 273 x 248 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781636810973