By Sylvia Plachy
102 pages; Aperture/The New Yorker

"In all modesty, Sylvia Plachy tries to vanish behind the lens—yet somehow she seems to be inside the picture, the genie that lets loose its swirling, slightly off-balance energy. Her Goings On About Town (Aperture/The New Yorker) showcases the Hungarian-born, New York-based photographer's realistically rhapsodic vision of a city where, in her words, you can "step out and chase your dreams.