Aperture - Ernest Cole: The True America - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The first publication of Ernest Cole's photographs depicting Black lives in the United States during the turbulent and eventful late 1960s and early 70s After the publication of his landmark 1967 book House of Bondage on the horrors of apartheid Ernest Cole moved to New York and received a grant from the Ford Foundation to document Black communities in cities and rural areas of the United States. He released very few images from this body of work while he was alive. Thought to be lost entirely the negatives of Cole's American pictures resurfaced in Sweden in 2017. Ernest Cole photographed extensively in New York City documenting the lively community of Harlem including a thrilling series of color photographs as he turned his talent to street photography across Manhattan. In 1968 Cole traveled to Chicago Cleveland Memphis Atlanta and Los Angeles as well as rural areas of the South capturing the mood of different Black communities in the months leading up to and just after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The pictures both reflect a newfound hope and freedom that Cole felt in America and an incisive eye for inequality as he became increasingly disillusioned by the systemic racism he witnessed. This treasure trove of rediscovered work provides an important window into American society and redefines Cole's oeuvre presenting a fuller picture of the life and work of a man who fled South Africa and exposed life under apartheid to the world.
Title: Ernest Cole: The True America
Brand: Aperture
Barcode: 9781597115346
Pages: 312 Pages, 250 Duotone And Four-Color Images
Publication Date: 1/6/2024
Category: Black & Asian Studies