On the occasion of the release of his new monograph Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks (Aperture, October 2009), Photographer Joel Meyerowitz gave a talk at Aperture Gallery presenting the origin and spirit of the project, along with a slide-show of images from the book.
You can watch below an edited excerpt of the talk where Meyerowitz, a gripping story-teller, speaks about his unexpected discoveries along the building of this survey on New York City parks and the making of the book as a collaborative effort with Aperture editor Lesley A. Martin.

Joel Meyerowitz on Legacy: Excerpts from his talk from Aperture Foundation on Vimeo.

You can watch the entire talk divided in three different clips, in the multimedia section of our website or by clicking the links below:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

This stunningly beautiful collection of images is the result of a unique commission Meyerowitz received from the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to document, interpret, and celebrate the nearly 9,000 acres of parks in the five boroughs that have been left or returned to their most natural state. Meyerowitz is the first photographer to document New York City’s parks since the 1930s, when they were photographed as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s WPA program.

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