Elegantly presenting more than 150 of esteemed but little-known photographer Norman Schneeberg’s portraits of his hometown, this stylish and sophisticated edition is the culmination of more than a decade of archival research.

Norman Schneeberg was a great photographer, but don’t look for his name on lists alongside the great artists he idolized, like Cartier-Bresson, Arnold Newman, or Bruce Davidson. Schneeberg had an appreciation for a world of photography that totally surpassed the average photographer’s. He could look at anything and he could find beauty in it. He understood the art of capturing light on a plane.

“Norman Schneeberg’s Philadelphia” is a unique and artistically necessary review of Philadelphia as an important indicator of American life in the 20th century—its people, its architecture, its public art—and of an overlooked artist who was able to capture his beloved city through photography.