New York Bars at Dawn

This one-of-a-kind photo book offers evocative portraits of New York bars after closing time.

Daniel Root’s photos of New York bars at dawn are a perfect blend of beauty and melancholia. Everything about them is just right. —Roz Chast, New Yorker cartoonist

Nearly every day, Daniel Root sets out before sunrise to wander the streets of Manhattan with his camera. In those comparatively quiet hours, the entire city wears a different face, but Root is particularly fascinated by the scenes to be g...