Description |
251 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
Note |
Includes photography from Maggie Steber, Alan Chin, Andrew Lichtenstein, Donna Ferrato, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Stanley Greene, Danny Wilcox Frazier, David Burnett, Darcy Padilla, Lucian Perkins. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 250). |
Summary |
Published in cooperation with the Library of Congress, this astounding collection of images by award-winning photographers tells the story of todays Americaand provides an enduring legacy that will inform the way we address our future.0On Inauguration Day, 2009, a group of photographers who were in Washington to document the ceremony began a conversation that led to the foundation of Facing Change. This nonprofit collective has a bold mission: to create a new national portrait of America. Its members include some of the countrys most celebrated photojournalists. Their vision is inspired by the Farm Security Administrations project that documented the Great Depression. Chronicling the challenges of modern America, these photographs offer compelling stories of people around the country who are coping with the aftermath of recent events: immigration, health care, housing, the war in Iraq, Katrina, the great recession and profound economic disparity. The book includes images from the original FSA project as well as interviews with Library of Congress photography experts, which together illustrate photojournalisms role in engendering change in America. The 'Facing Change' photographers are each introduced in intimate essays that describe their history, work, and aspirations for the project. The photographs revelations and their powertell a collective story that continues to unfold, that affects every one of us, that will last many lifetimes and, it is hoped, impact some of the lives it has touched. |
Subject |
United States -- Description and travel.
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Social change -- United States.
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Popular culture -- United States -- Pictorial works.
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Documentary photography -- United States.
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Documentary photography. (OCoLC)fst00896093
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Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
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Social change. (OCoLC)fst01122310
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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ISBN |
9783791348360 (hardcover) |
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3791348361 (hardcover) |
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