For the first time, two photographers have managed to look behind the mighty mirror-glass facades of the Frankfurt skyline, Europe's second-largest financial and stock-exchange centre. In their extraordinary photo book, Ulrich Mattner and Stephan Morgenstern show the luxurious boardroom floors of the big banks, the turbulent atmosphere of the trading floors, and the plush nobility of fine private banking houses. The book presents the Frankfurt financial world in all its variety: the discreet charm of distinguished private banks such as Metzler and Bethmann contrasts with the more sober office worlds of glass, steel and concrete in the towers of Deutsche, Dresdner and Commerzbank, alongside the offices of management consultancies, auditing firms and law practices around the banking towers.