In 2008 Jason Bell undertook a photo assignment for American Vogue
in 'Tea & Sympathy', an English tea room in the heart of
Manhattan. In conversation with the owner, Nicky Perry, he was
astonished to discover that over 120,000 British men and women
lived in New York City. As an Englishman, himself living in New
York, Jason was inspired by this and decided to investigate
further. His latest book An Englishman in New York is the result.
The book documents a wide cross-section of English people living in
the City. It features cops, taxi drivers, construction workers,
divers, helicopter pilots, chefs, burlesque dancers, UN ambassadors
and even dog walkers. Jason was also struck by the significant
influence that many Brits exercise on New York's cultural agenda,
which led to him to include amongst his subjects: writer, ZoA"
Heller; director, Stephen Daldry; artists, Cecily Brown and Bill
Jacklin; Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas P
Campbell; historian, Simon Schama; actor, Kate Winslet; and the
musician, Sting. The book offers an extraordinary insight into the
British sub-culture which forms an intrinsic part of everyday life
in New York City. As Bell says, "I went for a walk in Central Park
with Sting, for a cup of tea on Kate Winslet's roof terrace, sat on
ZoA" Heller's stoop and watched Stephen Daldry cycle down 8th
Avenue. I was given a private tour of both the Metropolitan Museum
and Barneys' shop windows. And amidst all the questions about why
people had come here and what they had left behind, I learnt a
little bit more about what it means to be English, what it means to
be a New Yorker, and where the two intersect."
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