Santi Visalli Livres

Introduction by Jackie Collins. "This book conveys an L.A. that is vibrant & alive."--Country Inns. In the Great Cities series.

This handy format showcases Chicago's greatest sites and views, including four gatefolds of breathtaking panoramic beauty that capture the visual paradoxes and triumphs of this famous city by the lake.Visalli photographs the architectural masterpieces famous throughout the worldfrom Louis Sullivan's ornamental facades to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's sleek office towersas well as the works of the new generation of the Chicago School of Architecture. But Chicago is about more than buildings: Visalli shoots the dark girders of the El, the taverns open all night, and the pomp of Michigan Avenue. With more than 200 images, Chicago captures the visual paradoxes and triumphs of this great American city.

This is award-winning photojournalist Santi Visalli's tribute to his adopted home. Great monuments are freshly framed as the Empire State Building stands at attention against a crisp winter sky and the art deco detail of Rockefeller Center glows in gilded splendor. In a city famed for its neighborhoods, Visalli has provided fascinating glimpses of the diverse areas that comprise the dynamic whole. From architecture to people, from sidewalk to skyline, Santi Visalli has documented in stunning color photographs the spirit and energy of New York as only he can.

Through the cycle of the four seasons, Visalli has captured for visitors and natives alike the distinctive flavor of the city's lovely parks, waterways, streets, plazas, and historical landmarks- in short, the marriage of old Boston's magnificence and new Boston's imagination. Visalli has climbed to the roofs of skyscrapers, wandered along the banks of the Charles River, and roamed the old, narrow streets of Beacon Hill to capture, in over 165 vivid, breathtaking photographs, the spirit and energy of this great and historic city.