Portrait of a decade, 1968-1978

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Ellen Shumsky: Portrait of a decade, 1968-1978 (2009, Graeae Press)

126 pages

English language

Published June 1, 2009 by Graeae Press.

ISBN:
978-0-9745403-3-7
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OCLC Number:
472479992

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5 stars (1 review)

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A Self-Portrait

5 stars

This isn't the kind of book you "read." I mean, sure you read it but not like you rad a novel or a history, and this IS sort of a history--the history of the struggle for gay rights from the perspective of a lesbian photographer who also knows how to write prose. Her personal history, included almost as "extra" in this book of photographs, is beautifully told and sometimes even more compelling than the pictures which are hard to see outside their historic context. I also suffer fro being old enough to have lived through the decade and thus am burdened with distracting nostalhia.

Subjects

  • Street photography
  • Gay liberation movement
  • Pictorial works
  • Social life and customs

Places

  • New York (State)
  • New York
  • United States