Across the Great Divide A Photo Chronicle of the Counterculture |
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By (photographer):
| Price, Roberta |
ISBN: | 978-0-8263-4957-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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"Price's understated, almost journalistic foray is lit by warmth, humor, and the abundant tenderness of her subjects; the photographs function as part family album (Price herself called a commune her home for seven years), part countercultural slide show, part lesson in American history....If at first glimpse, these images appear as familiar images of hippie culture, a closer look reveals nuance and idiosyncrasy. Characters recur, a story begins to emerge, and the work unfurls into a...
More Description"Price's understated, almost journalistic foray is lit by warmth, humor, and the abundant tenderness of her subjects; the photographs function as part family album (Price herself called a commune her home for seven years), part countercultural slide show, part lesson in American history....If at first glimpse, these images appear as familiar images of hippie culture, a closer look reveals nuance and idiosyncrasy. Characters recur, a story begins to emerge, and the work unfurls into a profound exploration that touches on ethnography." --Publishers Weekly