Matt Weber
NYC
Harper’s Books is delighted to announce the opening of a rare bookstore and gallery at 66 Newtown Lane, with a show by New York photographer Matt Weber on Saturday, May 26, 2007. A reception with the photographer will take place from 6-8pm. While Weber has enjoyed a significant cult following, this is his first major show in the New York area.
Weber, a former New York City taxi driver, focuses on the human landscape of the city. Instead of dwelling on the isolation of New Yorkers and their detachment from the chaos of the city, he illustrates the humanity and connection people have with their fellow urbanites. Weber’s photographs also capture the humorous choreography of contemporary New York, with recurring motifs of people on cell phones, listening to iPods, and guzzling Starbucks. These seemingly random scenes of city life are not staged, of course, but Weber has mastered the art of Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive moment,” and the viewer is often left marveling at the photographer’s exquisite timing and composition.
Harper’s Books, founded in 1997, is a rare book gallery, with an excellent selection of photography books, as well as a select stock of art, design, and modern literature. Harper’s Books is a member of the ABAA, and one of the few book galleries chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
Exhibitions
- January 14, 2021 - February 13, 2021
Eliot Greenwald: Takin’ the Riverboat Out on Snake Lake - January 13, 2021 - February 13, 2021
Spencer Lewis: Six Jutes (2) - December 9, 2020 - January 9, 2021
Spencer Lewis: Six Jutes (1) - December 10, 2020 - January 9, 2021
12 Artists - October 31, 2020 - December 6, 2020
Kevin Teare: L’Ecole Horizontale - October 28, 2020 - December 5, 2020
Kevin McNamee-Tweed: Moon Over Math Town - October 10, 2020 - November 22, 2020
Michelangelo Lovelace: Brick City - September 26, 2020 - October 26, 2020
Angel Otero: Broken Record - September 24, 2020 - October 24, 2020
Claire Colette: Fire, Rain, Heat, Night - August 28, 2020 - September 28, 2020
Enoc Perez: The Fires - August 15, 2020 - September 17, 2020
Alejandro Cardenas: AEAEA - July 25, 2020 - August 27, 2020
Spencer Lewis: Literacy Devolves Into Violence - see all exhibitions