The Night Line
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.89 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 094153345X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Clancy does not offer a pretty picture, and neither do Donahoe's harsh black-and-white photos, which comprise the second half of the book. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. It's a dark and dangerous world, and a tough place to make a buck. This chronicle of one such night, penned by novelist and cabby Clancy, follows him past the weirdos and junkies, pimps and hookers he fears to pick up, and the no less risky fares he actually accepts. From Publishers Weekly Driving the "night line" in a New York City cab is not for the faint of heart. . Ma
All those hours you could be on the street earning your living, or being mugged. If you're healthy and you're lucky.Ambrose Clancy, who wrote the text of The Night Line, is a novelist and was a professional taxi driver. Clancy's text tells the story of a single night's work. And from then on it's a scramble to deal with the geography and the traffic. You have to show mileage, so you drive off some place where you can park. Day after day. When you get a cab it needs cleaning, but you don't do the needful at the garage. The shape-up at the taxi garage in mid-afternoon: you get a cab two, three, or four hours after you've clocked in and given your hack license to the dispatcher–perhaps five or six if it is summer and college kids are working along with professionals. Part of that is virtuosity, exploit, and exhilaration; the other part is nerves, rage, and killing fatigue. Donahoe, who took the pictures that appear in the book–of which twenty-
"crummy review comment" according to Ishmael Zarkov. While the Publisher's review comments about Clancy's writing are indeed accurate and worthy, the reviewer doesn't know diddly about photography. There is nothing 'snapshot' about them; he just doesn't underatand the syntax and methods of crummy review comment While the Publisher's review comments about Clancy's writing are indeed accurate and worthy, the reviewer doesn't know diddly about photography. There is nothing 'snapshot' about them; he just doesn't underatand the syntax and methods of 35mm street photography and documentation. Each image is a full-frame uncropped image and carefully composed. They fully embody the 'decisive moment' ethos of Cartier-Bresson and other photojournalists. 25 of the 90 images are in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.Photogr. 5mm street photography and documentation. Each image is a full-frame uncropped image and carefully composed. They fully embody the 'decisive moment' ethos of Cartier-Bresson and other photojournalists. 25 of the 90 images are in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.Photogr
Donahoe lives in Stuyvesant Falls, New York . Ambrose Clancy lives in Forest Hills Gardens, New York. Peter M