Fusing images and text, City Parks is an extraordinary and unique project: through personal reflection and intimate detail it taps into collective memory and our sense of time’s passage. Marron is the creator and editor of two anthologies which explore the value and significance of urban public spaces: City Squares, Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of Squares Around the World (2016), and City Parks: Public Places, Private Thoughts (2013), both published by Harper Collins. Taken around the world over the course of a year, in every season, his pictures capture the inherent mood of each place. Zadie Smith, Ian Frazier, Candice Bergen, Colm Tibn, Nicole Krauss, Jan Morris, and a dozen other remarkable contributors reflect on a particular park that holds special meaning for them. Oberto Gili’s color and black-and-white photographs unify the writers’ unique and personal voices. Catie Marron’s City Parks captures the spirit and beauty of eighteen of the world’s most-loved city parks. Zadie Smith, Ian Frazier, Candice Bergen, Colm Tóibín, Nicole Krauss, Jan Morris, and a dozen other remarkable contributors reflect on a particular park that holds special meaning for them.Īndrew Sean Greer eloquently paints a portrait of first love in the Presidio André Aciman muses on time’s fleeting nature and the changing face of New York viewed from the High Line Pico Iyer explores hidden places and privacy in Kyoto Jonathan Alter takes readers from the 1968 race riots to Obama’s 2008 victory speech in Chicago’s Grant Park Simon Winchester invites us along on his adventures in the Maidan and Bill Clinton writes of his affection for Dumbarton Oaks. Catie Marron’s City Parks captures the spirit and beauty of eighteen of the world’s most-loved city parks.
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