Jill Freedman: Resurrection City, 1968 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8862085834 ISBN 13: 9788862085830

Verlag: Damiani, 2018

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Her powerful documentary book first appeared in 1971; the current reissue includes many of the original photographs ...all supplemented by Ms. Freedman's street-wise annotations. The reissue is timely. Inequity is starker than ever.--Holland Cotter "The New York Times " This powerful work of documentary photography captures the momentum of the civil rights movement through one of its lesser known demonstrations....In black-and white photos, Freedman captures the mud and grime of the encampment. While there are signs of poverty throughout her photographs--an elderly woman wearing paper bags on her feet, a toothless man smiling at the camera--more striking is the sense of camaraderie among the residents, as seen in the photos of drum circles, kids wrestling with tire swings, groups of women sitting cross-legged on the lawn while singing and clapping their hands.--Alison Green "Publisher's Weekly " Her images and texts are frank and unromantic...but they show heroism and pride and defiance.--PDN (Photo of the Day) her black-and-white prints are honest and stirring portraits of the ordinary people at the heart of this historic uprising.--Rebecca Bengal "Vulture " If you forget about things like traffic lights and dress shops and cops, Resurrection City was pretty much just another city. Crowded. Hungry. Dirty. Gossipy. Beautiful. It was the world, squeezed between flimsy snow fences and stinking humanity. There were people there who'd give you the shirt off their backs, and others who'd kill you for yours. And every type in between. Just a city.--The Paris Review This 50th-anniversary edited edition of Freedman's photographs is a master-piece.--Kirkus It finds American society cosmetically altered, but fundamentally similar.--PDN's Notable Photo Books of 2018 "Freedman never represents her subjects as victims, instead contrasting Washington politicians' indifference with the marcher's quiet determination to be seen."--Anne Doran "Collector Daily " "These images depict solidarity among activists of all races. They reveal the dignity and courage of parents determined to provide their children with a better life."--Maurice Berger "New York Times "

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In May of 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. announced the Poor People’s Campaign to demanded economic and human rights for poor Americans of diverse backgrounds. The Campaign was organized by King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and carried out under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy in the wake of Dr. King’s assassination. After presenting an organized set of demands to Congress and executive agencies, participants set up a 3,000-person protest camp called Resurrection City on the Washington Mall, where they stayed for six weeks in the spring of 1968. Published in 1970, Old News: Resurrection City was photographer Jill Freedman’s first book. The book documents the encampment in all its complexity Freedman lived in the encampment for its entire six weeks, photographing the residents, their daily lives, their protests, and their eventual eviction. The new 50th anniversary edition of the book, titled Resurrection City, 1968 will reprint most of the 185 pictures from the original publication, presenting them in a more vivid printing and design. Freedman’s hard-hitting original text will be included as well. Two introductory essays will be included, by John Edwin Mason, historian of African history and the history of photography at the University of Virginia, and by Aaron Bryant, Curator of Photography, Visual Culture, and Contemporary Political History at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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• Verlag: Damiani
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 8862085834
• ISBN 13: 9788862085830
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176