A friend, who works for the New York office of the German magazine Stern, invited us to tonight's Holiday Extravaganza, co-hosted by the before-mentioned magazine and Magnum, the famous New York photo agency, at DUMBO's powerHouse Arena. Magnum launched its new book titled ... uhm ... "Magnum Magnum". And of course, it's another heavy-weight coffee table book (if you even have space for the required size of coffee table in your New York apartment). Is there some sort of arms race going on between publishing houses? Couldn't we just hand Taschen the crown for most ridiculous book formats? Anyway. Stern hosted what the magazine called its First Annual Photo Forum, which basically consisted of a continuous slide show of images by invited photographers on large flat screen monitors. Unfortunately, it was merely a back-drop for the drinking and elbow-rubbing in the Arena. Nothing spoke of "holiday" (except for the light snowfall outside the large windows) and very little seemed truly extravagant. It was just another typical New York event with lots of people drinking free booze. Prost! Yup.
Well, it was nice to see a friend, though. That's what really matters anyway, right?
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