Photography: portraits and self-portraiture Books
Hirmer Verlag Abe Frajndlich: Seventyfive at Seventyfive: Lives
Book SynopsisSeventy Five at Seventy Five is about the visual working life of US photographer Abe Frajndlich, starting from the 1970s to the present. The book covers his myriad themes and obsessions from portraiture of the famous, the anonymous, to the erotic, and the fantastic. A triumphant compilation of black and white and color photographs, many of which have become icons.
£27.20
Kehrer Verlag Them
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£29.75
Kehrer Verlag To Survive On This Shore: Photographs and
Book SynopsisA nuanced view into the complexities of aging as a transgender person.
£41.60
Bierke Publishing PDA
£40.50
Steidl Publishers Timm Rautert: Germans in Uniform
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£24.00
Steidl Publishers Lee Friedlander: Workers: The Human Clay
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£44.00
Salzgeber From the Heart of Berlin
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£31.20
Salzgeber Desire
£47.20
Kehrer Verlag Conversations With Dad
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£23.80
Kehrer Verlag Come Get Your Honey
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£29.75
Kehrer Verlag Side Walk: 6' apart in New York City
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£22.10
Kehrer Verlag Faces Of Homelessness
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£25.50
Kehrer Verlag Semaphore
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£27.20
Kehrer Verlag It's Been Pouring: The Dark Secret of the First
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£36.00
Steidl Publishers Mitch Epstein: Silver + Chrome
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£52.00
Steidl Publishers Events of the Social: Portraiture and Collective
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£28.00
Steidl Publishers Juergen Teller, Dovile Drizyte: Auguri
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£28.00
Steidl Publishers The Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Collection of European
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£44.00
Steidl Bryan Adams shotbyadams
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£36.00
Skira Maurizio Galimberti. A gaze into the labyrinth of
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£25.50
Skira Max Vadukul Through Her Eyes
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£18.00
Damiani Jan Welters: Profile
Book SynopsisProfile is a highly personal selection of Jan’s work from the early ‘90’s to 2018. Jan’s defining images cross all kinds of fashion barriers. His respect for the models he works with is evident. His models are raw, sometimes slighty unconventional beauties, quite often with very little hair and make-up. Jan’s images are pure, powerful and evocative, getting to the very soul of the subject. Whether its an androgynous looking girl with a cowboy hat, a model smoking a cigarette on a beach, a movie star or a picture of his wife or children, the pictures are captivating in their simplicity with a very clear style that belongs only to him. His approach to his craft remains unchanged over decades, his style clear, avant-gard and transcendent of trends. Featured are among others Cate Blanchett, Helena Christensen, Eva Herzigova, PJ Harvey, Drew Barrymore, Kirsten Owen, Kylie Minogue, Tatjana Patitz, Jessica Chastain, Christy Turlington, Tilda Swinton, Vanessa Paradis, Gisele Bundchen, Natalia Vodianova, Courtney Love, Doutzen Kroes, Laetitia Casta, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jennifer Connelly, Milla Jovovich, Bella Haddid and Helen Mirren.
£33.15
Damiani Jacopo Benassi: Bologna Portraits
Book SynopsisBologna Portraits is the portrait of one of the most charming and least well-known Italian cities portrayed through the faces of the people who live there today. It started during the artist’s many stays in the town. Discovering Bologna little by little, Jacopo Benassi took pictures, like a sort of notebook, of the faces of the most interesting people he met during his time there. After a few months he already had a large portfolio of people which, like in a mosaic, built a bigger portrait of the whole city today. Bologna is probably the best-kept secret of the Italian cities with a great past. Large-scale tourism has never affected it, but in recent years it has been discovered by a growing group of sophisticated travellers passionate about art, culture, cinema and food. The portraits are a mix of young artists, writers, minor and great musicians, leading businessmen, famous bar tenders, tailors, professors at the local university (the oldest in the Western world), personalities and international artists such as Nino Migliori and Luigi Ontani. All of them born or living in Bologna. The whole book is a study of real faces that are able to be meaningful and to tell a story, and recall a tradition like the study of faces by Pier Paolo Pasolini in some of his films, or Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests. But at the same time, they recall a masterpiece like Un Paese, the book produced by Paul Strand and Cesare Zavattini. The book includes a text by art critic Antonio Grulli.
£33.15
Damiani Jean Pigozzi: The 213 Most Important Men In My
Book SynopsisCollector and photographer Jean Pigozzi is renowned for his eclectic art collection and for his social circle, which includes film icons, directors, authors and artists, rock stars, fashion designers and titans of industry. Following on from his previous bestselling book ME+CO: The Selfies 1972-2016, his latest collection introduces us to the men and mentors who influenced his life. From his father Enrico Pigozzi - who passed away when Jean was just a teenager - to Italian entrepreneur Gianni Agnelli, from rockstars Mick Jagger and Bono to architect Ettore Sottsass to name just a few, Pigozzi travelled the world and met many of these men during gallery openings, parties, or dinner conversations. Through The 215 Most Important Men in my Life, we are reminded of the power of single individuals of the 20th and 21st centuries who became true icons in their fields.
£60.00
Damiani Matthew Brookes: Into the Wild
Book SynopsisThe second monograph by New York– and Paris-based photographer Matthew Brookes, Into the Wild is a vibrant celebration of surf life. For this project, Brookes followed a group of young surfers from Venice Beach on their adventures up and down the coast. The result is a story of van culture along the California coast—a story of youth choosing to follow their dreams, living out of vans, existing for surf and travel and freedom, and always chasing the best waves. The documentary-style photographs are typical of Brookes’ work, with ethereal shots punctuating more naturalistic photos. The book includes interviews with the surfers done by Zack Raffin from the major surf magazine Stab Magazine. Raffin is a young surfer himself and grew up surrounded by van culture, positioning him as an insider voice as much as a journalist.
£32.00
Damiani Joel Meyerowitz: Redheads
Book SynopsisPhotographer Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938) began photographing redheads in 1978 against the contrasting blue backdrop of Cape Cod. The portraits from this period are collected in this new edition of Meyerowitz's 1991 photobook Redheads, featuring 16 additional images. After running an ad in the Provincetown Advocate, Meyerowitz began collecting the experiences of people who grew up with red hair, in addition to photographing them. Making up only two or three percent of the world’s population, their stories of schoolyard bullying and self-acceptance illustrate a broader narrative of growth and beauty. Despite cultural and racial distinctions between redheads, the phenotypic association between the subjects brings a sense of familiality to the collection of portraits. Meyerowitz describes how red hair and its reaction to light evokes a sense of the color film process. He is known for his transition to color film during a period of resistance to color photography. “My way of making portraits is not by getting down on my hands and knees, nor climbing high on a ladder, nor getting into bed with a celebrity,” Meyerowitz writes, “but simply standing eye to eye with anyone who has found their way to me, young or old. I need only one or two sheets of film and the patience to see it through.” This hardcover edition includes previously unseen portraits.
£36.00
Damiani Einstein: The Man and his Mind
Book Synopsis"This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him" - Amazon reader review "Gary Berger and Michael DiRuggerio's photographic exploration of Einstein is a indubitably a coffee table book, but in its highest form. It's huge (34 x 26 cm) and contains a collection of beautiful imagery." “massive, well-produced ... Some of these images are striking photographs of Einstein, a good few of which I've never seen before.” "the kind of small, but interesting contribution to the Einstein story we can find here." "a remarkable book…. I've never seen anything quite like it... a fascinating find.” - https://popsciencebooks.blogspot.com Albert Einstein is known by name and image throughout the world to people of all ages. He is probably the most well-known scientist of all time. Even though most people have only a vague idea of what he did, the attraction remains. The raison d'être for this book is to convey a sense of familiarity with Einstein as a real person and with the essence of his contributions. This is accomplished through annotated full-page photographs of Einstein that tell the story of his scientific life. The book is written for the general public. It may appeal to Einstein scholars as well.This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him. The images (mostly signed portrait photos) are supplemented by a selection of 53 rare letters, manuscripts, books, journals 51 original rare portraits 4 equations in Einstein's handwriting provided by what is likely the largest private Einstein collection in existence. This project has the support of two private US foundations The Sterling Foundation and The Antonia & Vladimer Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc. All royalties will be donated to the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
£44.00
Schilt Publishing b.v. Undo Motherhood
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£44.00
Libraryman Co., Ltd. Unseen United States of America
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£18.36
Zeitouna A Face in Time: Egypt Photo Studios, 1865–1939
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£75.00
The University of Chicago Press Remembering to Forget Holocaust Memory Through
Book SynopsisRevealing the unique significance of the concentration camp photographs, this text shows how they have become the basis of our memory of the Holocaust and how they have affected our presentations and perceptions of contemporary history's subsequent atrocities.
£23.00
University of Illinois Press Photographic Presidents
Book SynopsisDefining the Chief Executive via flash powder and selfie sticks Lincoln's somber portraits. Lyndon Johnson's swearing in. George W. Bush's reaction to learning about the 9/11 attacks. Photography plays an indelible role in how we remember and define American presidents. Throughout history, presidents have actively participated in all aspects of photography, not only by sitting for photos but by taking and consuming them. Cara A. Finnegan ventures from a newly-discovered daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams to Barack Obama's selfies to tell the stories of how presidents have participated in the medium's transformative moments. As she shows, technological developments not only changed photography, but introduced new visual values that influence how we judge an image. At the same time, presidential photographsas representations of leaders who symbolized the nationsparked public debate on these values and their implications. An original journey through political history, Photographic PresideTrade Review"Entertaining yet informative. . . Photographic Presidents is an excellent book that brings context and depth to certain decision points within history and how photography shaped them. It takes on a concept often overlooked by scholars as simply there, and moves it front and center into the discussion." --Congress & the Presidency "Well-written and engaging . . . What will be the next step in how presidents become photographic? Finnegan cannot—and does not try to—answer that question, but the fact that the question resonates in my head after putting down her book is a testament to how thought-provoking Photographic Presidents is." --Journal of American History "Very interesting and informative . . . Finnegan has covered a lot of ground in this well-illustrated book. She traces the development of the photographic medium and techniques with the history of visual communications and the image of the presidents, and has done it extremely well." --Journal of American CultureTable of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. The Daguerreotype Presidents1. Photographing George Washington2. Early Daguerreotypes in the U.S. and the Nation’s Capital3. John Quincy Adams and National PortraiturePart II. The Snapshot President4. Handheld Photography and the Halftone Revolution5. William McKinley’s Last PhotographsPart III. The Candid Camera Presidents6. Visual News in the Early Twentieth Century7. Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Candid CameraPart IV. The Social Media President8. Changing Visual Media from the Mid-Twentieth Century to the Digital Age9. Barack Obama and FlickrConclusion: The Portrait Makes Our PresidentNotesSelected BibliographyIndexBack cover
£77.35
Indiana University Press Folk Masters
Book SynopsisDiscover one hundred of the greatest folk artists practicing in the United States. With gorgeous photographs and poignant stories, Folk Masters showcases the incredible talent and diversity of American artists, giving us a glimpse into their art, their process, and their culture.Trade ReviewThis beautiful, informative, and exquisitely produced book features 100 extraordinary traditional artists from across America, each a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship—the nation's highest award for excellence in the folk and traditional arts. Folk Masters is a stunning tribute to the great diversity of cultures and artistic traditions that enrich our country. -- Marjorie Hunt * Folklife Curator, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage *"Folk Masters documents and honors the extraordinary women and men who take traditional arts to new heights while also ensuring their continuation from generation to generation." * The Library of Congress * "Folk Masters is visual, emotional, and inspirational. Here is a portrait of America many Americans never see and may not believe actually exists. Pich and Bergey have done an admirable job of conveying their vision." * Journal of Folklore Research *"These two folk art enthusiasts set out to document the richness of America's cultural landscape not just to preserve that legacy, but also to inspire future generations." * Whurk *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPortraits Hugh McGraw (1982) Philip Simmons (1982) Ray Hicks (1983) Mary Jane Manigault (1984) Ralph Stanley (1984) Eppie Archuleta (1985) Julio Negrón Rivera (1985) Periklis Halkias (1985) Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1986) Helen Cordero (1986) John Jackson (1986) Sonia Domsch (1986) Juan Alindato (1987) Genoveva Castellanos (1987) Kansuma Fujima (1987) Newton Washburn (1987) Wade Mainer (1987) Clyde "Kindy" Sproat (1988) Chesley "Goseyun" Wilson (1989) Harry V. Shourds (1989) Vanessa Jennings (1989) Natividad "Nati" Cano (1990) Wally McRae (1990) Etta Baker (1991) George Blake (1991) Irván Perez (1991) Jerry Brown (1992) Charles Hankins (1993) D.L. Menard (1994) Simon Shaheen (1994) Sosei Shizuye Matsumoto (1994) Blind Boys of Alabama (1994) Danongan Kalanduyan (1995) Nathan Jackson (1995) Betty Pisio Christenson (1996) Obo Addy (1996) Vernon Owens (1996) Ramón José López (1997) Julius Epstein (1998) Alfredo Campos (1999) Elliott Mannette (1999) Frisner Augustin (1999) Jimmy "Slyde" Godbolt (1999) Mick Moloney (1999) Ulysses "Uly" Goode (1999) Felipe Garcia Villamil (2000) Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins (2000) Konstantinos Pilarinos (2000) Evalena Henry (2001) João Oliveira Dos Santos (João Grande) (2001) Peter Kyvelos (2001) Qui Shu Fang (2001) miss spelled Seiichi Tanaka (2001) Flory Jagoda (2002) Jean Ritchie (2002) Losang Samten (2002) Nadim Dlaikan (2002) Monoochehr Sadeghi (2003) Nicholas Toth (2003) Norman Kennedy (2003) Basque Poets (Martin Goicoechea and Jesus Goni) (2003) Jerry Douglas (2004) Milan Opacich (2004) Yiqin Wang and Zhengli Xu (2004) Chuck Brown (2005) Eldrid Skjold Arntzen (2005) Herminia Albarrán Romero (2005) Delores Churchill (2006) Henry Gray (2006) Irvin Trujillo (2007) Joe Thompson (2007) Julia Parker (2007) Nicholas Benson (2007) Bettye Kimbrell (2008) Horace Axtell (2008) Jeronimo Lozano (2008) Mac Wiseman (2008) Michael White (2008) Moges Seyoum (2008) Sue Yeon Park 2008) Walter Murray Chiesa (2008) Chitresh Das (2009) Joel Nelson (2009) Teri Rofkar (2009) Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor (2010) Mary Jackson (2010) Frank Newsome (2011) Warner Williams (2011) Harold A. Burnham (2012) Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez (2012) Molly Neptune Parker (2012) Nicolae Feraru (2013) Ramón "Chunky" Sánchez (2013) Veronica Castillo (2013) Henry Arquette (2014) Dolly Jacobs (2015) Yary Livan (2015) Gee's Bend Quilters (Loretta Pettway, Lucy Mingo, Mary Lee Bendolf) (2015) Billy McComiskey (2016) Clarissa Rizal (2016)Complete List of NEA National Heritage Fellowship Awardees, 1982-2016Sources of Artist Quotes
£22.79
Indiana University Press The Future Is in Your Hands Portrait Photography
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book does a wonderful job of complicating histories of photography globally, and through a combination of historical and ethnographic work, shows the enduring but changing power of images in Senegal."—Joshua A. Bell, editor of Linguistic and Material Intimacies of Cell Phones
£67.15
Indiana University Press The Future Is in Your Hands Portrait Photography
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book does a wonderful job of complicating histories of photography globally, and through a combination of historical and ethnographic work, shows the enduring but changing power of images in Senegal."—Joshua A. Bell, editor of Linguistic and Material Intimacies of Cell Phones
£26.99
University of Texas Press All Tore Up
Book SynopsisIconic portraits of greasers and gearheads, families and pinup girls, rockers and regular Joes capture the distinctive people and scene around hot rod and custom cars.Trade Review"Brainard's hot rod portraits capture a sense of individualistic pride that runs deep in the culture and spans across ages, genders or stereotypes." * The Houston Chronicle *"What you will learn from the book is what Brainard learned at the car shows—that a Texas hot rod event is probably the best place in the world for people watching." * Pro Photo Daily *"From Brainard's portraits, it is evident that people themselves are like living works of art, externally embellished in expression and internally rich in history and meaning." * CNN *"Every single one of Brainard's shots has an undeniable aura of authenticity. They stop time just long enough for you to get a better look at the men, women and children who live and breathe hot rods and custom cars." * Rodder's Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword: When Fast and Fashion Fuse with FuelIntroductionAll Tore Up
£35.10
University of Washington Press Concrete Mama
Book SynopsisJournalists John McCoy and Ethan Hoffman spent four months inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1978, just as Washington, once a leader in prison reform, abandoned its focus on reform and rehabilitation and returned to cell time and punishment. It was a brutal transition. McCoy and Hoffman roamed the maximum-security compound almost at will, observing and befriending prisoners and guards. The result is a striking depiction of a community in which there was little to do, much to fear, and a culture that both mimicked and scorned the outside world. McCoy's unadorned prose and Hoffman's stunning black-and-white photographs offer as authentic a portrayal of life in the Big House as outsiders are ever likely to experience. Originally published in 1981, Concrete Mama revealed a previously unseen stark and complex world of life on the inside, for which it won the Washington State Book Award. Long unavailable yet still relevant, it is revitalized in a sec
£38.30
University of Washington Press Mary Randlett Portraits
Book SynopsisKnown for both her landscapes and portraits, the author began documenting Northwest figures in 1963 when Theodore Roethke asked her to photograph him in his Seattle home. In addition to Roethke, this title includes portraits of renowned artists Jacob Lawrence, Mark Tobey, and Morris Graves; writers Tom Robbins, Henry Miller; and more.
£33.25
Yale University Press Photography and the American Civil War
Book SynopsisThis eye-opening study of Civil War photography traces the introduction of the camera into the battlefield and shows its influence on history and our responses to warTrade Review"The American Civil War, for the purposes of this riveting study, begins just before the 1860 presidential election, which swept Abraham Lincoln to power, and ends with the aftermath of his assassination in 1865.Warfare itself . . . makes up only a part of this book. There is striking and unexpected imagery . . . The final pictures are as momentous as any. Gardner’s sequence showing the execution of the Lincoln assassins . . . still have in our desensitised times the power to shock. For a book of this scope and depth, academic, meticulously researched and a corrective to much that has gone before, the text reads throughout like a thriller."—Robin Muir, World of Interiors
£38.00
Yale University Press Dawoud Bey
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£26.12
Yale University Press The Writers
Book SynopsisIntimate photo essays of thirty-eight important writers, including Margaret Atwood, Gabriel García Márquez, Zadie Smith, and Colm TóibínTrade Review"In The Writers: Portraits, you'll find front-facing images of poignant intensity...But subjects are also seen informally, in their home milieu, often with friends or spouses."—Damian Thompson, World of Interiors 'Holiday roundup'
£28.50
University of California Press Acting Out
Book SynopsisCabinet cards were America's main format for photographic portraiture throughout the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Standardized at 6 x 4 inches, they were just large enough to reveal extensive detail, leading to the incorporation of elaborate poses, backdrops, and props. Inexpensive and sold by the dozen, they transformed getting one's portrait made from a formal event taken up once or twice in a lifetime into a commonplace practice shared with friends. The cards reinforced middle-class Americans' sense of family. They allowed people to show off their material achievements and comforts, and the best cards projected an informal immediacy that encouraged viewers to feel emotionally connected with those portrayed. The experience even led sitters to act out before the camera. By making photographs an easygoing fact of life, the cards forecast the snapshot and today's ubiquitous photo sharing. Organized by senior curator John Rohrbach, Acting Out is the first ever in-depthTrade Review"Acting Out adds to the historical narrative of photography." * Dallas Morning News *
£34.20
Watson-Guptill Publications Your Baby in Pictures
Book SynopsisShows new parents how to capture the story of their baby's first year with 40 'photo recipes' anyone can do, with any camera. This book inspires new parents and grandparents with easy, step-by-step photo ideas for capturing developmental milestones and special moments, from tiny yawns to first smiles, learning to sit up and much more.
£14.39
Duke University Press Womens Camera Work
Book SynopsisExplores how photographs have been and are used to construct versions of history and examines how photographic representations of otherness often tell stories about the self. This book exhibits the work of American women; tells their absorbing stories; and discusses representations of North American Indians, African Americans,and the migrant poor.Trade Review“Davidov is an eloquent and passionate reader of texts and images. . . . She gives us a chance to think about a set of relationships among major American women photographers that few people know about.”—Iris Tillman Hill, Duke University“What a splendid achievement this book is. It is rich in texture, nuanced, fascinating—an outstanding work.”—Miles Orvell, Temple University
£27.90
Fordham University Press Portrait
Book SynopsisSuspended between likeness and strangeness, portraiture can identify an individual only at the moment of its advancement and withdrawal. Examining 36 portraits across two millennia, Nancy shows how, despite photograph’s ubiquity, the forms of appearing that define the portrait continue to mark the bodies and representations that dominate our world.Table of ContentsPreface to the English- Language Edition vii Introduction: The Subject of the Portrait 1 Jeffrey S. Librett The Look of the Portrait The Autonomous Portrait 13 Resemblance 21 Recall 29 Look 36 The Other Portrait L’altro ritratto 47 Character 51 The Eye 54 Visageity 56 Mimesis 59 Withdrawn Presence 63 Ipseity 67 Theophany 72 Revelation 76 Divine Abandonment 81 Dis- figuration 84 Eclipse 89 Infinite Detachment 93 Coda I 99 Coda II 101 Coda III 104 Notes 109 List of Figures 125
£66.60
Kent State University Press My Likeness Taken
Book SynopsisDuring the 19th century fashion was a cultivating force in the development of American society, influenced by one's social status, geographic location, and economic standing. These daguerreotypes are analyzed to clarify datable clothing and fashion components.
£55.46
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Being There
Book SynopsisBeing There is a collection of photographic portraits of, and interviews with, NYU medical students who volunteered in the New York City Medical Examiner's morgue following 9/11. Dr. Barry Goldstein, who was the Master Scholars Artist-in-Residence during the 2001-2002 academic year, took the photos and conducted the interviews. The volume includes a foreword by Charles Hirsch M.D., the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, who ran the massive effort to identify remains.Being There is a collection of photographic portraits of, and interviews with, NYU medical students who volunteered in the New York City Medical Examiner's morgue following 9/11, conducted by Barry Goldstein, and with a foreword by Charles Hirsch, M.D., the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, who ran the massive effort to identify remains. Within 24 hours of the attacks, a complex of tents and refrigerated trucks appeared on 30th St. and 1st Ave, adjacent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner [OCME]. This makeshift compound housed the temporary morgues that would receive human remains recovered from Ground Zero. Approximately twenty NYU medical students volunteered to work alongside the understaffed OCME, sorting, cataloguing, and identifying human remains. Most of these students had been in medical school for only a few weeks. In June of 2002, Dr. Goldstein photographed and interviewed the volunteers, asking them to describe what they did, what they would remember, how they coped, and how they were changed by the experience. Barry M. Goldstein is Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Adjunct Professor of Humanism in Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. He was Artist-in-Residence at the NYU School of Medicine during the 2001-2002 academic year.Trade ReviewDr. Goldstein's book gives us a fascinating glimpse into what it meant to be a medical student participant in the forensic investigation of the World Trade Center disaster, the largest mass murder in the history of the United States. -- -- Charles S. Hirsch, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York
£23.74
Johns Hopkins University Press African American Faces of the Civil War
Book SynopsisAfrican American Faces of the Civil War makes an important contribution to a comparatively understudied aspect of the war and provides a fascinating look into lives that helped shape America.Trade ReviewCoddington's use of African American-owned newspapers and pension records is groundbreaking. It does nothing to diminish the depth and precision of Coddington's research to say that each compelling vignette prompts the reader to hurriedly flip to the next one. Publishers Weekly (starred review) An engaging look at a neglected part of the history of the American Civil War. -- Vanessa Bush Booklist African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album serves us well to remind us of those who came before and honor them. -- Sara Rosen Le Journal de la Photographie With the plethora of Civil War books that focus on battles, regiments, and the famous, this volume's subject matter and format are a welcome counterpoint. Library Journal A stunning album of 77 portrait photographs-cartes de visite, ambrotypes and tintypes... African American Faces of the Civil War provides a unique visual record, quite literally documenting the faces of war at a transitional moment in U.S. history. Lincoln's black warriors helped to overthrow slavery and to restore the Union. Their descendants spent the next century fighting new battles for true equality. -- John David Smith Charlotte Observer Coddington's thoughtfully crafted and cogently written study, replete with an insightful foreword by J. Matthew Gallman on the African-American experience, will appeal to readers interested in the efforts of African Americans and the war's larger military, social and global consequences. -- Jonathan A. Noyalas Civil War News Coddington highlights the bravery of African American soldiers at a time when many considered them to be cowards, and shows the Civil War from the perspective of African Americans fighting for freedom, dignity, respect, and equality. Choice A fascinating work that captures the soldiers at a moment when they proudly served a country that was only just then beginning to reassess their citizenship rights. Because they risked everything to fight for emancipation and the Union, the Civil War's African-American soldiers deserve to never be forgotten. Coddington's work will help to ensure that that no one will ever need to be reminded that 'there were men of color who... fought.' -- Glenn David Brasher Civil War Monitor The sesquicentennial observance of the Civil War era will be marked by numerous publications of works. Few book will be as fascinating and informative as African American Faces of the Civil War... This third book on soldiers in the Civil War, African American Faces of the Civil War, is a well-documented and a valuable work, It is an outstanding contribution to the scholarship on the Civil War and African American History in general. Civil War Book Review African American Faces of the Civil War, like the photographs it presents, captures the moment when black men in America transitioned from slaves to soldiers and the Civil War became about more than merely preserving the Union. Unlike any single photograph, however, Coddington's book depicts this moment from a diverse variety of perspectives -- Kelly Erby Kansas History Coddington exposes the good and the bad... The book is a must-read for all Civil War buffs and contains important historical data to complete a full circumference of Civil War history. Daguerrian Society All those who are fascinated by Civil war photography or black history in general will find this volume to be a most enjoyable read. The book helps us to remember that during the Civil War a significant number of black men were willing to fight for their freedom or to help secure freedom for their fellow African Americans. -- Roger D. Cunningham Journal of America's Military Past In developing parallels between the control of one's image in narratives and the use of the photograph as biography, Coddington makes a compelling argument for the reader to rethink the place of photography in telling history. His use of photographs as visual text allows the reader to reimagine history through the photographer's leans. This book maps new methodologies for researching and writing about photographs and plumbs the hidden history of the Civil War narrative. -- Deborah Willis Indiana Magazine of History African American Faces of the Civil War is just lovely. The prose is fast-paced but personal, and readers will feel as if these soldiers are telling their stories in their own words. Mr. Coddington's research is stunning, his details are meticulous, and he even went the next step and thoughtfully enlarged the pictures in his rare collection so that they are alive with power and detail. The Black History ChannelTable of ContentsForeword, by J. Matthew GallmanPrefaceThe ProfilesNotesReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex
£24.75
