USA. New York City. 1992. Lola in Central Park with birds and snow. © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

Here, Bruce Davidson intuitively discovers a multiplicity of mysteries, eccentricities and characters that together reflect the vibrant and complex city of which the park is the heart and soul. Renowned as an intrepid explorer of the urban terrain, Davidson has challenges himself in a remarkable new way, taking on the visual and metaphorical scope of Central Park. Davidson's photographic approach to the park's wildlife - human and otherwise - varies as much in format (panoramic, 35 mm, and square) as it does in emotional quality. Always compassionate, often idiosyncratic, this work reveals a sublime and at times transcendent vision. Davidson seems as comfortable with a wedding, a landscape, or a roller-blader as he with Central Park's more permanent residents - a newborn bird, or a man seeking refuge on a cold winter's night.

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This special edition is limited to 50 numbered and signed books. Each handcrafted book is a work of art in itself. The text is handset and letter-pressed on 100% cotton-rag paper. Bruce Davidson, Central Park in Platinum is individually hand-bound and encased in a custom clamshell and solid walnut box. The portfolio includes two signed and numbered unbound prints suitable for framing.

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