New York: A Photographer’s City brings together 250 New York City-centric images (most previously unpublished) to celebrate what editor (and art dealer) Marla Hamburg Kennedy calls the city’s 21st century “avant-garde spirit.” The collection is certainly diverse, and a definite joy, offering unusual, sometimes even playful, perspectives on a the storied and constantly evolving city. The book features black-and-white and color photographs by over 100 artists from around the globe, including Andreas Gursky, Jenny Holzer, Ryan McGinley, Vik Muniz, Tim White-Sobieski, and others. Available now thru Rizzoli and Amazon.

Take a sneak peek below!

New York: A Photographer’s City
Edited by Marla Hamburg Kennedy
Hardcover, 10×10 in., 304 pages, 250 photographs
Published by Rizzoli New York
$45 US, $53 Canadian

*above: Susan Wides’s I, Mannahatta: February 7, 2010 (Guggenheim). Pigmented Ink Print. 52×35 in. Courtesy Kim Foster Gallery. Photographed by special arrangement with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. © 2010 Susan Wides.

*above: Richard Galpin’s The Other Side (New York), 2004. Peeled Photograph. 61×48 in. Courtesy the artist. © Richard Galpin.

*above: Marc Yankus’s Charles Street, 2007. Archival Pigment Print. 17×22 in. Courtesy Clampart Gallery, New York, NY. © Marc Yankus.

*above: Marc Yankus’s Midtown, 2004. Archival Pigment Print. 17×22 in. Courtesy Clampart Gallery, New York, NY. © Marc Yankus

*above: Michael Wesely’s The Museum of Modern Art, New York (7.8.2001-7.6.2004), 2004. C-Print, Diasec, Steel Frame. 49.2×59.1 in. Courtesy the artist. © 2004 Michael Wesely.

*above: Chi Peng’s Day After Tomorrow, 2006. C-Print. 47.25×59.75 in. Courtesy Chi Peng and Chambers Fine Art.

*above: Lynn Saville’s “Columbus Circle, 2007. Chromogenic color photograph, 30×40 in. Courtesy Yancey Richardson Gallery. © Lynne Saville

*above: Jessica Craig-Martin’s Mondrian Teacup Pug (Robert Wilson Center Benefit, Watermill), 2007. C-Print. 33×49.75 in. Courtesy Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York. © Jessica Craig-Martin.

*All images courtesy of Rizzoli. © New York: A Photographer’s City, by Marla Hamburg Kennedy, Rizzoli New York, 2011.

The very exciting Guggenheim Museum/YouTube collaborative competition – YouTube Play – is on the hunt for the world’s most creative videos. As we reported last month, YouTube Play was conceived to discover and showcase the most exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of online video. Open to the global online community, the competition is accepting submissions now through July 31st.

And now the competition’s all-star and eclectic jury from the worlds of art, design, film, and music has been announced. The impressive dream-team panel includes Laurie Anderson, Animal Collective, Darren Aronofsky, Douglas Gordon, Ryan McGinley, Marilyn Minter, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Stefan Sagmeister, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

According to jury chair Nancy Spector:

“We will be looking for work that will test, elevate, and experiment with video as it is manifest online. We are less interested in what’s ‘now’ than in what’s next.” YouTube Play is open to students and amateur video makers, artists, and creative professionals. Submissions may include animation, motion graphics, narrative, nonnarrative, documentary, and music videos. The jury will review a short list of up to two hundred video works that have been prescreened by the Guggenheim from the pool of videos submitted by the international YouTube community and uploaded to youtube.com/play. From the short list, the jury will select up to twenty that they deem the most creative and inspiring, regardless of genre, technique, or budget. The short-listed videos will be on the YouTube Play channel (youtube.com/play) beginning in September 2010.

To learn more, visit YouTube.com/Play.