The Learning Tree brings us into the inner lives of a black family as they struggle to understand and accept--without malice--the bitter challenge of their special world. "A fine novel . . ".--Boston Herald.
A celebration of the power of photography offers a stunning portfolio of one hundred of the most important and vivid still images of all time, including Robert Capa's images from the beaches of Normandy, Joe Rosenthal's famed study of the flag raising at Iwo Jima, and works by Harry Benson, Eddie Ad
Novelist, memoirist, poet, film director, choreographer, and musician, Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was renowned as a man of many talents. He is best known as a photographer, a career he took up in the 1930s. Starting with fashion and portraiture, he honed his skill and his passion for documenting social ills working for the New Deal's Farm Security ...
A legendary American photographer, composer, filmmaker, and author of both fiction and nonfiction reflects upon his amazing achievements, both personal and professional.
A legendary American photographer, composer, filmmaker, and author of both fiction and nonfiction reflects upon his amazing achievements, both personal and professional.
The first illustrated gift book to depict the spiritual dimension of the black church and the pride that prevails within the church-going family, Soul Sanctuary is multi-denominational journey into the heart of the black worship experience. Churches in small rural and urban storefronts and large inner city and suburban mega churches are featured ...
Gordon Parks overcame the obstacles of poverty and racism and never gave up on his dreams. He attributes his drive for excellence to his mother who told him, "What a white boy can do, you can too--and no excuses." The first black photographer for "Life" magazine, Gordon Parks spent over two decades as a professional photographer. Since then his ...
Alone after his mother's death, homeless in a Minnesota winter, young Gordon struggled to stay in school, working at menial jobs and riding streetcars all night to escape the cold. Refusing to succumb to despair, he instead transformed his anger at poverty and racism into a creative force and went on to break down one barrier after another. He was ...
With over 50 black-and-white photographs, this study of contemporary Harlem finds that historic Manhattan neighborhood undergoing change and renewal. Through interviews with and anecdotes from long-time residents who recall its glory days, as well as portraits of new, upscale residents, the authors see an effort to balance development and renewal ...
The story of the African American experience is told by 116 diverse voices, from famous voices such as Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King, Jr., to ordinary ones of slaves, politicians, and civil rights workers, all combining to present a narrative of the spirituality, courage, and intellectual achievements of African Americans.
Celebrating the African-American male experience, this book contains descriptions of more than 100 works of fiction, poetry, biography, autobiography, folk tales, drama and history.
Fifty-eight new photographs and more than 40 new poems from the acclaimed photographer, composer, filmmaker, painter, novelist, and journalist are included in this volume.
The photographs of Moneta Sleet Jr. are internationally acclaimed collector's items encapsulating special moments in the history of African-Americans around the world in the latter half of the 20th Century. Now, for the first time, these works that have been coveted by many are presented in one remarkable book. Many of these rare photographs have ...
The first retrospective devoted to the lifelong career of an impassioned camera artist, this spectacular volume captures the beauty of Africa in all its rare forms. Taken during a three-decade journey through Africa, Pete Turner's photographs cover a variety of subjects -- from indigenous populations and exotic wildlife to geological oddities. ...
Photographer, filmmaker, screenwriter, director, and composer Gordon Parks reflects on his own dramatic life, from his poor Kansas origins to his great triumphs in America and abroad. Encompassing the major events of five decades of his life, Parks relates with excitement, humor, and often anger his experiences--first to survive, then overcome, ...
In the early 1940s, Godfrey Frankel, a social worker in Washington, D.C., took these photographs of a run-down neighborhood, expecting to expose its squalor and hopelessness. Surprisingly, especially in his photographs of children, he found evidence of community stability, warmth and happiness. This book also includes a historical-biographical ...
A group of master photographers--including Richard Avedon, Inge Morath, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, among others--have each chosen images by a photographer whose work they feel deserves wider attention. Included are interviews and commentary explaining why the selected artists have made an impact on these photographers' lives. In turn, the volume ...
Photographer Carol Friedman profiles such greats as Chet Baker, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Shirley Horn, and Sarah Vaughan. 100 duotones.
"The Sun Stalker" is a novel by the 89-year-old internationally famed photographer, composer, poet, director and screenwriter, on the life of the British painter, Joseph M.W. Turner. The book is fully illustrated with color reproductions of paintings by Turner.
In the early 1940s, Godfrey Frankel, a social worker in Washington, D.C., took these photographs of a run-down neighborhood, expecting to expose its squalor and hopelessness. Surprisingly, especially in his photographs of children, he found evidence of community stability, warmth and happiness. This book also includes a historical-biographical ...
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