Dorchester Days - Hardcover

Richards, Eugene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714840017 ISBN 13: 9780714840017

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2000

Synopsis

This is Eugene Richards' 1972 photographic essay, a social document of his home town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, previously only self-published. The book includes additional pictures and a text that speaks of racial tension, violence, poverty and crime, tackling such subjects as the Klu Klux Klan in a way that he did not feel able to at the time of the original publication. On the basis of "Dorchester Days", Richards became a member of Magnum Photos in 1978, leaving to work independently in 1994. His style has set the standard for leading photojournalists such as James Nachtwey and Gilles Peress.

About this title

About the Author:

Eugene Richards (b.1944) is the one reportage photographer who, tellingly, is most intensely and consistently revered by other reportage photographers. On the basis of his Dorchester Days he became a member of Magnum Photos in 1978, but left in 1994 to work independently. His style has set the standard and the trend for leading photojournalists such as James Nachtwey and Gilles Peress. A former social worker, there is a political edge to his work, and his treatment of hard-hitting subject matter demonstrates a distinctive and compelling compositional style, combined with an extraordinary ability to get under the skin of his subjects. Accepted and trusted widely, he puts us in the front row of his subjects' fascinating lives.

Review:

"I can go places in the world, but the lessons you learn stay at home with you."-The Dorchester Reporter

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0714840017
• ISBN 13: 9780714840017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 108