Like the Family of Man, the appeal of this book is its depiction of the many faces of African American families from the 1920s to today as photographed by by master black photographers and promising contemporary ones. A collection of beautiful and expressive images, these photos show the spirit of the subject, while the text captures it in words.
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Like the Family of Man, the appeal of this book is its depiction of the many faces of African American families from the 1920s to today as photographed by by master black photographers and promising contemporary ones. A collection of beautiful and expressive images, these photos show the spirit of the subject, while the text captures it in words.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Like New. Size: 11x8x0; [Flat signed by Deborah Willis on title page] Stated first edition. From the library of Dr. Ralph Gomes, Howard University. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Signed sticker on front wrap. Clean, unmarked pages. Deborah Willis is an artist, author and curator. Deb Willis's art and pioneering research has focused on cultural histories envisioning the black body, women and gender. She is a celebrated photographer, acclaimed historian of photography, MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow, and University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Willis received the NAACP Image Award in 2014 for her co-authored book Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery (with Barbara Krauthamer) and in 2015 for the documentary Through a Lens Darkly, inspired by her book Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present. Dr. Gomes was a professor at Howard University for 49 years in sociology and criminology. He was also a former Olympic athlete, representing Guyana in the 1960 Rome summer Olympics. Besides his scholarly work, Gomes was active in the black liberation movement. He had an impressive and deep collection of black art, historical advertising and iconography that spoke of the passage of black people and how they sought to record their life stories. His collection spanned from slavery, to antebellum life, to Jim Crow, to the Harlem Renaissance, to sport, to the civil rights movement.
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Near Fine. First edition. Photo editor, Deborah Willis and research by Linda Tarrant-Reid. Quarto. 189pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Illustrated glossy wrappers. Some bumping to the spine ends and rubbing to the panels, else near fine. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jan and Doug: Here's to safe, healthy, and strong families everywhere. Take care of each other! Peace, Michael. 9/7/96.".
