Joel Holland – författare

The illustrator behind the highly-acclaimed books NYC Storefronts, London Shopfronts, and Brooklyn Storefronts turns his eye—and pen— to the City of Light.Brimming with joie de vivre and delightful detail, this journey through Paris’s neighborhoods captures two hundred intriguing storefronts that help make the city a shopper’s and tourist’s paradise. As in his previous books illustrating the shops of New York City and London, Joel Holland offers the unique perspective of a traveler on foot. Paris-based journalist Vivian Song’s text provides an insider’s perspective as to why each location is worthy of a stop on any itinerary. There are plenty of iconic stores here: Le Bon Marché, France’s first department store; Shakespeare and Company, the most famous English- language bookshop in the city; and the Ladurée macaron shop. But there’s also a bounty of lesser-known places, like a Moroccan restaurant frequented by the city’s top chefs; a taxidermist’s mecca; and a historic lingerie shop that birthed the predecessor of the modern-day brazier. From the Marais to Montmartre, the Latin Quarter to the 1st Arrondissement, this delightful book offers a unique glimpse into what makes the city a magical and wonderfully diverse place to walk and shop.

A visual love letter to the food carts, market stalls, and sidewalk entrepreneurs that give New York City its flavor, grit, and humanity. From halal trucks in Queens to mango stands in the Bronx, churro sellers in Brooklyn to taco bikes in Manhattan, NYC Street Vendors features over 150 of the city’s most beloved curbside operations.Illustrator Joel Holland captures the soul of New York’s informal economy through bold, expressive drawings which are paired with insightful, engaging text penned by local writer David Dodge. Building on the success of the duo’s earlier books, which covered storefronts in Manhattan and Brooklyn, this volume shifts focus to the vibrant community of rolling kitchens, pop-up stands, and independent sellers.Alongside longtime fixtures like NY Dosas, Mister Softee, and the Arepa Lady, readers will discover Japanese musubi carts, knife-sharpening trucks, Jamaican jerk vendors, mobile bookstores, and bustling hubs like the Union Square Greenmarket. Many of the entrepreneurs featured are immigrants whose work has helped shape the cultural fabric of the five boroughs—making the project a powerful reminder of the essential role they play in New York’s identity.