Cheryl Dunn
The Whiles: European Book Release

This Friday marks the European release of Cheryl Dunn’s new photo book, The Whiles. The launch event will take place at Librairie 1909 in Paris and is presented by Pretty Relics and Blurring Books.

"Just as long as I have been searching for meaningful compositions and striking light on the streets of NY, I have been searching my archive to find that special shot I took 15, 20 years ago or even yesterday. I organise imagery using descriptive words, dates, names and location. For instance, I'll search " BROADWAY" or " BIRD " or "CROSSWALK". The groupings that emerge are always fascinating to me, the random connective threads sometimes disparate, tell a story a new story. These stories are about how we move within a cityscape, communicate, love, fight, dance and survive. The streets are like a canvas where a piece of wood in a trash can becomes a beautiful sculpture, where the rooftops are a spiritual respite from the streets, yet still part of the same pulse, the same club. The way we move through public space (walking, dancing, skating, or even fighting) has a distinct rhythm, a pace that belongs distinctly to NYC. This is THE WHILES NYC."

– Cheryl Dunn