Hardcover, 484 pages! The New York Years: 1971 to 1994 presents a comprehensive photographic chronicle by Eric Kroll, offering an in-depth look at New York City during a period of intense cultural transformation. Known for his influential work in both documentary and fetish photography, Kroll here reveals a lesser-known facet of his practice, with hundreds of mostly unpublished black-and-white and color images.

Taken over more than two decades, these photographs document the city’s vibrant art, music, and nightlife scenes, spanning from the “sleazy underbelly” to high-brow art galleries. Kroll’s lens captures public and private moments with figures such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Madonna, Grace Jones, Robert Mapplethorpe, Debbie Harry, The Rolling Stones, The Dead Boys, and The Velvet Underground, as well as artists, musicians, and writers including Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, David Bowie, Merce Cunningham, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Kenny Scharf, and David Wojnarowicz.

The book moves through legendary venues like Studio 54 and CBGB, as well as art galleries, lofts, and the city’s streets. Kroll’s images are notable for their immediacy and intimacy, providing a visual record of New York’s creative communities at a time marked by both decadence and transformation. Many of the photographs were taken on assignment for downtown art publications, but most are self-initiated, reflecting Kroll’s personal engagement with the city’s evolving cultural landscape.

The New York Years: 1971 to 1994 stands as a significant contribution to the visual history of New York, offering a rare and candid perspective on the city’s enduring influence on art, music, and popular culture