Deborah Willis (1)
Autor von Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present
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She has taught photography & the history of photography at New York University, City University of New York & the Brooklyn Museum. She lives in Washington, D. C.. (Bowker Author Biography)
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I thought I knew photography from reading text by Ansel Adams and Matthew Brady. Then I read Deborah Willis's essay. I will never look at a picture the same way again. Kudos for everyone who worked on it and for SITES to pick it up as a traveling exhibition. Great book.
Published months before the election, this book is primarily a pictorial, however, the authors include a brief history of the campaign at the end of the book. Photographs of Obama and his immediate family are included as well as photos of magazine and newspaper covers, supporters, buttons, and bumper stickers. Concise captions are provided for most photos. This book is actually appropriate for all readers.
Captivating snapshots of life from an African-American perspective. The book features pictures of Children, Everyday Life, Work, The Arts, Beauty, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, Sports, Portraits, Spirituality and Celebration. The pieces of life include photos of everyday folk as well as some famous people like Anna Maria Horsford as a child (she also wrote the Forward), Sanaa Lathan, Malcolm X with his children, and Joe Louis. I even found pictures of women in the small town I was raised in as well life photos from historic African American towns like Whitesboro, NJ. This book is a great conversation piece, stirs up memories almost like the smell of apple pie reminds me of my grandmother---a nice warm and fuzzy feeling from being able to identify with the variety of people represented, just living everyday life. Some of the photos are old, from the early 1900's and others are from the late 90's and early 2000's. Great book to have on your coffee table for all to see and browse through.… (mehr)
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Portrait photographs, most of which are in black and white. Maybe half are portraits of ordinary people, beautifully archived and included in this collection, but there are also some very famous people, and several dozen more who ought to be famous but whose faces aren't perhaps that well-known. A partial list:
Madame C.J. Walker, p. 6
Zora Neale Hurston, p. 11
Billie Holiday, p. 17
Josephine Baker, p. 28
Malcolm X, p. 29
Rosa Parks, p. 30
Muhammad Ali, pp 32, 74
Gordon Parks (photographer/director), 33
Angela Davis, p. 37
James Baldwin, 38
Donyale Luna (model/actress), pp 39-40
Huey P. Newton, 42
Denzel Washington, 50
Lena Horne, 71-72
James Brown, pp 74, 159
Jimi Hendrix, 75
Isaac Hayes (singer/songwriter/producer), p. 76
Stokely Carmichael, pp 77, 161
Marian Anderson, p. 116
Robert H. McNeill (photographer), 133
Louis Armstrong, p. 168
Miles Davis, 170
Sean "Puffy. P. Diddy" Combs, 185
Otis Redding, 190
Barack Obama pp 192, 226, 232
Condoleeza Rice, 197
Aretha Franklin, 206
Ray Charles, 207
Lil' Kim, 217
Serena Williams, 228
Michelle Obama, 233… (mehr)