Lewis's Fifth Floor: A Department Story - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1846312469 ISBN 13: 9781846312465

Casa editrice: Liverpool Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Lewis's Department Store in Liverpool is a landmark that retains the affections of the city. But there is one part of the shop, the fifth floor, that many of those passing by will not know about, and that no shopper has been in for over twenty years. The photographer Stephen King was given access to this abandoned fifth floor to document the decor and fittings that remain from the store's 1950s heyday. The result is this enthralling collection of images, dispatches from a lost world of glamour and spectacle that was a retail phenomenon. Enlivened by interviews with several generations of Lewis's employees, who also sat for photographs at their original work stations, this book offers a vivid portrait of one of the city's great institutions.

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Recensione:

The imposing Lewis's store in Liverpool has a hidden secret - its time-capsule 1950s fifth floor, sealed off since the 1980s. Photographer King records it in all its dusty glory. A gem of a book and an ideal present. RIBA Journal 20100401 Lewis's Fifth Floor: A Department Story contributes to this emerging body of scholarship that combines fine art methods with field-based practices. This blurs the boundaries between the humanities and the arts and makes a necessary contribution to the field of urban folklore. --Leonardo Reviews

L'autore:

Stephen King is an award-winning photographer.

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• Editore: Liverpool Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1846312469
• ISBN 13: 9781846312465
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 159