In Flat Finish Stephan Keppel explores and investigates the known and unknown structures and surfaces of New York City. By assembling a subjective databank of images and reproductions of city walls, architectural references and urban structures, he strips the city from its clicheed myth and gives a new perspective on the metropolis. This publication is part of his ongoing research on public space, urban structures and reproduction, combining own photographs with re-photographed archival material and other found footage. Printed in special high pigmented inks, mostly black and white, but also fluorescent colours and metallic inks, the book questions its own (re-)production. By doing so it becomes part of an endless loop of recycled images, works and installations.