Below the line. Living Poor in America

RICHARDS, Eugene (Dorchester, 1944)

ISBN 10: 0890430616 / ISBN 13: 9780890430613

Published by New York, Consumer Reports Books,, 1987

About this Item

Photographs and Interviews by Eugene Richards. Text editor: Christiane Bird. Story Researcher: Janine Altongy / Testo e 144 fotografie in bianco e nero di Eugene Richards. Testo curato da Christiane Bird. Ricerche di Janine Altongy . 4to (cm 29 x 23,5). pp. 218. . Ottimo (Fine). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . In the tradition of the classic photo-documentaries that emerged from the Depression years and the 1960s, Below the line depicts yhe deplorable extent of poverty that exists in the United States today. In early 1986, Consumers Union commissioned esteemed photographer Eugene Richards to travel across the country to document the dimensions of American poverty. In 144 unforgettable photographs and 14 essays, Richards capyures the hoplesness of urban youth, the struggle of Midwestern farmers, the squalor of day-to-day existence for Mexican-American immigrants living in Texas borde towns. Perfettamente entro la tradizione dei classici documentari fotografici emersi sin dagli anni della Depressione e negli anni '60, Below the line descrive la deplorevole piaga della povertà negli Stati Uniti. All'inizio del 1986, la Consumers Union commissionò allo stimato fotografo Eugene Richards di viaggiare attraverso il Paese per documentare le dimensioni della povertà americana. In 144 fotografie indimenticabili e 14 saggi, Richards coglie l'entusiasmo della gioventù urbana, la lotta degli agricoltori del Midwest, lo squallore dell'esistenza quotidiana degli immigrati messicano-americani nelle città del Texas.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Below the line. Living Poor in America
• Publisher: New York, Consumer Reports Books,
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890430616
• ISBN 13: 9780890430613
• Binding: Brossura
• Condition: Ottimo (Fine)
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Captures the extent of poverty in the United States, evoking such scenes as the hopelessness of urban youth and the struggle of midwestern farmers

Reviews

In 144 stunning black-and-white photographs (which won the 1987 International Center of Photography Journalism Award for "outstanding accomplishment in photographic reportage") and 14 first-person narratives, this disturbing book demonstrates the pervasiveness of poverty in America. The starkly eloquent text, edited by Bird, conveys the bravery and pathos of the subjects' lives in their own words. For example, readers learn that a Tennessee man has to pull his own teeth because he can't afford a dentist and that migrant workers who pick vegetables are often brutalized. Help for the poor didn't come until How the Other Half Lives (1901) shocked the public a few generations ago; one hopes that this book will have the same effect.
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