James Baldwin by James Baldwin

James Baldwin by James Baldwin

All the grief, grit, and unassailable dignity of the civil rights movement are evoked in this illustrated edition of James Baldwins The Fire Next Time, with photographs by Steve Schapiro. Baldwins frank account of the black experience and Schapiros images offer poetic and potent testimony to one of the most important struggles of American society.

“Now we not only feel the pain of Baldwin’s eloquent words, but see it via Steve Schapiro’s stark, poetic photographs” * LA Weekly *
“Bringing together two of the most vibrant documenters of their times, the book is a testimony to both an era and two icons.” * hungertv.com *
“Schapiro and Baldwin showed the possibility of what strong writing and photography could achieve in their time. In ours, we’d do well to look to them.” * The Guardian *

James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era. His nonfiction collections, most notably Notes of a Native Son (1955) and The Fire Next Time (1963), and novels, including Giovanni’s Room (1956) and Another Country (1962), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in mid-20th-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made his home in the south of France. Steve Schapiro’s career as a freelance photojournalist started with a story on Arkansas migrant workers that made the cover of the The New York Times Magazine in 1961. Since then, his images have appeared in Life, Look, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and many other publications. In the 1970s, he began a second career as a successful publicity stills and movie poster photographer, working on classic films such as Taxi Driver, The Way We Were, and The Godfather—which can be seen in The Godfather Family Album (TASCHEN, 2008). In 2016, he collaborated with Lawrence Schiller on a Barbra Streisand book (TASCHEN) and in 2017, his Civil Rights photographs were combined with the text of James Baldwin in The Fire Next Time (TASCHEN). He died in 2022.

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ISBN 13	9783836571517
ISBN 10	383657151X
Title	James Baldwin
Author	James Baldwin
Series	Photography Book Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taschen GmbH
Year published	2019-02-28
Number of pages	276
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.