{"product_id":"richard-renaldi-manhattan-sunday-9781597113762","title":"Richard Renaldi: Manhattan Sunday","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eManhattan Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e is part homage to a slice of New York nightlife, and part celebration of New York as a palimpsest - an evolving form onto which millions of people have and continue to project their ideal selves and ideal lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the essay that accompanies his photographs, Richard Renaldi describes his experiences as a young man in the late 1980s who had recently embraced his gay identity, and of finding a home in \"the mystery and abandonment of the club, the nightscape, and then finally daybreak,\" each offering a \"transformation of Manhattan from the known world into a dreamscape of characters acting out their fantasies on a grand stage.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing heavily on his personal subcultural pathways, Renaldi captures that ethereal moment when Saturday night bleeds into Sunday morning across the borough of Manhattan. This collection of portraits, landscapes, and club interiors evokes the vibrant nighttime rhythms of a city that persists in both its decadence and its dreams, despite beliefs to the contrary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eManhattan Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal memoir that also offers a reflection on the city's evolving identity—one that still carries with it and cherishes the echoes of its past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464188903660,"sku":"9781597113762","price":115.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781597113762-richard-renaldi-manhattan-sunday.jpg?v=1775041125","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/richard-renaldi-manhattan-sunday-9781597113762","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}