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    PHIL PENMAN

    Street Scenes

    Following his bestseller "New York Street Diaries", Phil Penman's new book Street Scenes is an impressive homage to the world's vibrant metropolises - from the shimmering lights of New York to the enchanted alleyways of Paris and the dynamic streets of Tokyo. Each of his images is a window into the emotional moments and impressive facets of urban life, masterfully captured through his lens.

     

    This timeless illustrated book not only broadens your horizons, but also invites you to reflect. Phil Penman has a gift for transforming the everyday into the extraordinary - his photographs are far more than just visual works of art; they are narratives about the diversity, vibrant life and complex existence of urban spaces. Phil Penman's work is an invitation to see the complexity and beauty of urban landscapes with new eyes. The photographer shows us dynamic scenes that capture vibrant life, as well as quiet moments that inspire pause and reflect the soul of cities. Whether you are a connoisseur of photography or simply appreciate the beauty of the world's metropolises, let yourself be captivated by Phil Penman's extraordinary visual language and explore the hidden stories he reveals in this book.

     

     

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  • Biography


     

    The British-born, New York-based photographer Phil Penman has documented the ever-changing scene of New York City’s streets for more than 25 years. In his career as a news and magazine photographer, with a large body of work in such publications as The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Review of Books, among others, he has photographed major public figures and historical events. In particular, his reportage following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center has featured on NBC’s Today show, as well as on the BBC, History Channel, and Al Jazeera, and his images have been included in the 9/11 Memorial and Museum’s archives.

     

    His work covering the pandemic lockdown in New York City has been acquired by the U.S. Library of Congress, whose collection holds work by such great Depression-era documentarians as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange. Besides showing at Leica galleries in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, and London, Penman’s signature street photography has appeared in international exhibitions as far afield as Venice, Berlin, and Sydney.

     

    He also tours the world teaching workshops on photography for Leica Akademie. He was recently named among the “52 Most Influential Street Photographers,” alongside such legends as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Diane Arbus, and Garry Winogrand. Penman’s first book, Street, published in 2019, became a best-seller and was featured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York