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Boston Rediscovered
by Ulrike Welsch (Foreword: William O. Taylor)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Commonwealth Editions (2002-09)
ISBN: 1889833371
EAN: 9781889833378
Dewy Decimal #: 974.4610222
Hardcover: 128 pages
SKU: 080724005
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: This copy is in good condition. No visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears to text. Tight spine. Clean Hard Cover. Top of back and inside Dust Jacket has a water mark/stain. Bottom of back jacket has a small fold. Front Jacket has a small water/stain spot. Top side fore-edge has tiny yellowish spots. On most inside pages edge, there are stainish/water marks. Beautiful, black & white/color illustrations. Minimum shelf wear. Apart from minor flaws, one can get a lot of usage from this copy at an affordable price. (L11-18)
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Ulrike Welsch’s first job, in Offenbach, Germany, was in a pharmacy, where she learned to develop film. After immigrating alone to the United States in 1964, she took a job in a camera store. Within two years, she was the first woman staff photographer in the history of Boston newspapers, at the old Boston Herald Traveler. Within another decade, her team at the Boston Globe had won a Pulitzer Prize. Uli’s career as a photographer in and of Boston is a rainbow spanning the Impossible Dream and the Big Dig. Her images have the same reach—from 1960s-vintage black-and-whites that glimpse the spirit of the city as only a newcomer can to breathtaking full-color cityscapes taken in 2001–2002. Her new book is truly a rediscovery. For Uli herself, who has worked freelance since 1981 and has accumulated an archive of over 60,000 images from travels worldwide, returning to photograph Boston at the turn of the millennium has been a special treat. Old sites look new, while many other sites are simply new. (Quincy Markets, the Holocaust memorial, and the Zakim bridge are three of the installations since the 1960s.) For the reader—city dweller as well as visitor—Boston Rediscovered is a way of seeing one of the world’s great cities afresh: its buildings, its vistas, and especially its people. Ulrike Welsch is a long-time resident of Marblehead, Massachusetts. She is the author of six other books, including The World I Love To See, Faces of New England, Stock Photography, and Marblehead (Commonwealth Editions).
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Customer Reviews
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Absolutely gorgeous
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-04-25
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I highly recommend this book to anyone who either: A) Loves Boston, or B) Has never been to Boston but is thinking of going. It truely captures the feel of the city, not just some standard postcard type photos.
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Just plain excellent
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-08-25
Great pictures in an up to date book. I'm not thet easy to please and I give this one a 5!
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Boston Rediscovered
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-03
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a great pictorial of Boston. I bought it as a gift for friends relocating out of the Boston area. The photos give a true glimpse into the city and will be a wonderful reminder of Boston.
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