{"product_id":"ernest-cole-the-true-america","title":"Ernest Cole: The True America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first publication of photographs taken by Ernest Cole in the United States during the turbulent and eventful late 1960s and early 1970s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter fleeing South Africa to publish his landmark book House of Bondage (1967) on the horrors of apartheid, Cole resettled in New York. He photographed extensively on the streets of New York City and documented Black communities in cities and rural areas of the United States--traveling across the country in the months leading up to and just after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The pictures reflect both a newfound freedom Cole experienced in America and an incisive eye for the inequalities of systemic racism. He released very few images from this body of work while he was alive, and the pictures were thought to be lost entirely until the negatives resurfaced in Sweden in 2017. This treasure trove provides an important window into American society and establishes Cole's place in the history of American photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest Cole, Raoul Peck (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), James Sanders (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aperture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597115346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.70h x 8.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCole, Ernest:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eErnest Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (born in Transvaal, South Africa, 1940; died in New York, 1990) is best known for \u003ci\u003eHouse of Bondage\u003c\/i\u003e, a photobook published in 1967 that chronicles the horrors of apartheid. After fleeing South Africa in 1966, he became a \"banned person,\" settling in New York. He was associated with Magnum Photos and received funding from the Ford Foundation to undertake a project looking at Black communities and cultures in the United States. Cole spent an extensive time in Sweden and became involved with the Tiofoto collective. He died at age forty-nine of cancer. In 2017, more than six thousand of Cole's negatives--missing for more than forty years--resurfaced in Sweden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeck, Raoul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRaoul Peck\u003c\/b\u003e is a director, screenwriter, and producer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanders, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJames Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, researcher, and scholar. He has written extensively on South African politics, in such books as \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa and the International Media, 1972-1979: A Struggle for Representation\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eApartheid's Friends: The Rise and Fall of South Africa's Secret Service\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). He worked as a research specialist on \u003ci\u003eAnthony Sampson Mandela: The Authorised Biography\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and on numerous documentary films, including \u003ci\u003eMandela: The Living Legend\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci\u003eMandela's Gun\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). He served as a guest editor of \u003ci\u003eNoseweek\u003c\/i\u003e and was the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eMolotov Cocktail\u003c\/i\u003e. Sanders has concentrated his research on the life of Ernest Cole.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130874007626,"sku":"9781597115346","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8990\/4435\/files\/ernest-cole-the-true-america-9781597115346.jpg?v=1749033894","url":"https:\/\/trnk-nyc.mom\/products\/ernest-cole-the-true-america","provider":"TRNK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}