The Loft Law by Joshua Charow - ISBN: 9788862088152
Hardcover
Untold stories of NYC’s original artists’ lofts, protected and fading.
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The Loft Law

The Last of New York City’s Original Artist Lofts

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  • Hardcover

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    21 June 2024

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Summary

‘A new book is opening the curtains to the last creative residential sanctuaries left in the city.’ ‘… captures a fading way of life’ - ArtNet

‘Joshua Carow’s lively photo book reveals .. a generation of artists’ lives on in downtown lofts…’ - World of Interiors

‘In his new book Loft Law, The Last of New York City’s Original Artist Lofts, Charow intimately captures spaces and faces from the dwindling fraternity of auteurs protected under the 1982 New York law of the s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9788862088152
ISBN-10:8862088159
Author:Joshua Charow
Publisher:Damiani
Imprint:Damiani
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:21 June 2024
Weight:1.49kg
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Critics Review

engrossing… the book paints a vivid portrait of a bygone era in New York’s downtown art scene… Complemented by the personal histories of the artists, Charow’s photography not only preserves the last vestiges of a fading era but also stands as a testament to the creativity and resilience of the over 75 artists he ultimately documented who transformed some of the city’s abandoned buildings into distinctive cultural landmarks. * Yatzer *

About The Author

Joshua Charow

Joshua Charow is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. His projects aim to unveil hidden stories and subcultures around New York. He seeks to understand and explore the people at the center of these stories. As a teenager, Josh would escape his suburban New Jersey town and go to New York City in order to climb skyscrapers, bridges, and visit abandoned subway stations. This subculture introduced Josh to photography as he wanted to document these off-limits locations as he risked his life to visit them. Josh went on to study film and television at NYU Tisch. He currently works as a cinematographer and recently shot ‘Untrapped’, a feature documentary that premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and reached #3 on the Amazon Prime Video US Movies chart. He also worked as a cinematographer on Hulu’s new docuseries, ‘apCaviar Presents’. In 2021, Josh made a short documentary for TIME Magazine about James Maroon, who cleans the 9⁄11 memorial reflecting pools on a nightly basis. This documentary became TIME’s most viewed digital documentary of the year, with over four million views. His latest documentary is about Treb Heining, the man who created and still leads a team of people that disperse 3,000 pounds of confetti by hand onto Times Square during the New Years Eve Ball Drop. Josh self-published this film on social media and it has garnered 5 million views across all his platforms. Josh has worked with various publications and brands, including TIME, Canon, Gucci, New York Fashion Week, Microsoft, V Magazine, Old Navy, Red Bull, NASDAQ, and more.

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