{"product_id":"race-stories-essays-on-the-power-of-images","title":"Race Stories: Essays on the Power of Images","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first title in Aperture's Vision \u0026amp; Justice Book Series--featuring a collection of award-winning short essays by Maurice Berger that explore the intersections of photography, race, and visual culture. Created and coedited by Drs. Sarah Lewis, Leigh Raiford, and Deborah Willis, the series reexamines and redresses historical narratives of photography, race, and justice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Marvin Heiferman, \u003ci\u003eRace Stories: Essays on the Power of Images\u003c\/i\u003e examines the transformational role photography plays in shaping ideas and attitudes about race and how photographic images have been instrumental in both perpetuating and combating racial stereotypes. Written between 2012 and 2019 and first presented as a monthly feature on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Lens blog, Berger's incisive essays help readers see a bigger picture about race through storytelling. By directing attention to the most revealing aspects of images, Berger makes complex issues comprehensible, vivid, and engaging. The essays illuminate a range of images, issues, and events: the modern civil rights movement; African American-, Latinx-, Asian American-, and Native American photography; and pivotal moments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when race, photography, and visual culture intersected. They also examine the full spectrum of photographic imaging: from amateur to professional pictures, from snapshots to fine art, from mugshots to celebrated icons of photojournalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRace Stories\u003c\/i\u003e collects together Berger's reader-friendly essays in their breadth and brilliance to encourage a broad range of readers to look at and think about photographs in order to better understand themselves and the diverse world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopublished by Aperture and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Berger, Marvin Heiferman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates (Foreword by)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aperture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597115629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.48w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBey, Dawoud:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDawoud Bey \u003c\/b\u003e(born in New York, 1953) has for decades made groundbreaking and evocative work about the histories of Black communities. His numerous honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. A major career retrospective of his work, An American Project, was co-organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2020-22). Bey holds a master of fine arts degree from Yale University School of Art and is currently professor of art and a former Distinguished College Artist at Columbia College Chicago, where he has taught since 1998. His books include \u003ci\u003eClass Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e (Aperture, 2007), \u003ci\u003eSeeing Deeply\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eDawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities \u003c\/i\u003e(Aperture, 2019), and \u003ci\u003eStreet Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerger, Maurice:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMaurice Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (1956-2020; born in New York) was a cultural historian, curator, and writer, who spent much of his career studying and teaching racial literacy through innovative visual literacy projects. In influential essays, books, and provocative museum exhibitions, Berger gathered and presented compelling photographic images to engage and challenge readers and viewers into reconsidering both cultural and personal assumptions and prejudices. His books include \u003ci\u003eWhite Lies: Race and the Myths of Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eFor All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), which was also one of the premier projects mounted by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He received honors and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Association of Art Museum Curators, and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and was nominated for an Emmy Award. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeiferman, Marvin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMarvin Heiferman\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent curator, writer, and organizer for projects about photography and visual culture for institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian Institution, International Center of Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, and the New Museum. His work has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Gagosian Gallery, \u003ci\u003eCNN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDesign Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130874269770,"sku":"9781597115629","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8990\/4435\/files\/race-stories-essays-on-the-power-of-images-9781597115629.jpg?v=1749100902","url":"https:\/\/trnk-nyc.mom\/products\/race-stories-essays-on-the-power-of-images","provider":"TRNK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}