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Resurrection City, 1968  Cover Image Book Book

Resurrection City, 1968 / photographs and text by Jill Freedman ; essays by John Edwin Mason, Aaron Bryant.

Freedman, Jill (photographer.). Mason, John Edwin, (writer of added commentary.). Bryant, Aaron, (writer of added commentary.). Steven Kasher Gallery, (host institution.).

Summary:

"Steven Kasher Gallery is proud to announce a major exhibition, Jill Freedman: Resurrection City, 1968. The exhibition features over 70 black and white vintage prints of photographs made by Jill Freedman in the protest camp built on the Washington Mall as the culmination of the Poor People{u2019}s Campaign. Freedman{u2019}s sustained pictorial effort is one of the lasting achievements of photography as social protest in America. This work was published in book form in 1971, but has never been exhibited previously. This exhibition coincides with the release of a new book, Jill Freedman: Resurrection City, 1968, published by Damiani, and marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."--Steven Kasher Gallery website.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9788862085830
  • ISBN: 8862085834
  • Physical Description: 175 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
  • Publisher: [Bologna] : Damiani, [2017]

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General Note:
First published in 1970 under title "Old news. Resurrection City" by Grossman Publishers.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, October 26-December 22, 2017.
Subject: Freedman, Jill > Exhibitions.
Poor People's Campaign > Pictorial works > Exhibitions.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Pictorial works > Exhibitions.
Documentary photography > United States > Exhibitions.
Photojournalism > United States > Exhibitions.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Emily Carr University of Art + Design E185.615 .F73 2017 (Text) 30231514 Book Volume hold Available -

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