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Songs of My People: African-Americans : A Self Portrait
Fifty African-American photojournalists open a "revelatory window to a world of pulsing blackness" with photographs of African-American culture, from the Mississippi cotton fields to the New York Stock Exchange. Simultaneous. National ad/promo. TV tie-in. Tour.
- GenresPhotography
Hardcover
First published February 1, 1992
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December 29, 2014
From the east coast to the west coast and many cities (large and small) in between, we are given an opportunity to glimpse into the diversity of a diverse race of people.
Like a snowflake, no two are alike; but beautifully unique. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! The use of black and white photographs forces you to wonder what each people might have been thinking about when the photographer took the picture. The emotions - the joy, the dreams deferred, the sorrow, the hope, the anticipation, the love shared can be found on the pages.
SONGS OF MY PEOPLE shines a light on the everyday beauty of a people. It could have been any ethnicity that the authors could have chosen to showcase and we hope that they choose to do so in the future.
Memories..."time will never stand still and those moments that bring us such joy become memories in an instant. To capture such a moment and record it forever is truly monumental."- Joshua Atticks.
Like a snowflake, no two are alike; but beautifully unique. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! The use of black and white photographs forces you to wonder what each people might have been thinking about when the photographer took the picture. The emotions - the joy, the dreams deferred, the sorrow, the hope, the anticipation, the love shared can be found on the pages.
SONGS OF MY PEOPLE shines a light on the everyday beauty of a people. It could have been any ethnicity that the authors could have chosen to showcase and we hope that they choose to do so in the future.
Memories..."time will never stand still and those moments that bring us such joy become memories in an instant. To capture such a moment and record it forever is truly monumental."- Joshua Atticks.
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