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Hard Ground - Tom Waits and Michael O'Brien (2011, Hardcover)
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- ISBN
- 9780292726499
- Book Title
- Hard Ground
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Item Length
- 11.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Photography, Travel, Social Science
- Topic
- Subjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, Poverty & Homelessness, United States / General
- Item Weight
- 50 Oz
- Item Width
- 9 in
- Number of Pages
- 184 Pages
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Michael O'Brien got out of his car one day in 1975 and sought the acquaintance of a man named John Madden who lived under an overpass. Their initial contact grew into a friendship that O'Brien chronicled for the Miami News, where he began his career as a staff photographer. O'Brien's photo essays conveyed empathy for the homeless and the disenfranchised and won two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. In 2006, O'Brien reconnected with the issue of homelessness and learned the problem has grown exponentially since the 1970s, with as many as 3.5 million adults and children in America experiencing homelessness at some point in any given year. In Hard Ground, O'Brien joins with renowned singer-songwriter Tom Waits, described by the New York Times as "the poet of outcasts," to create a portrait of homelessness that impels us to look into the eyes of people who live "on the hard ground" and recognize our common humanity. For Waits, who has spent decades writing about outsiders, this subject is familiar territory. Combining their formidable talents in photography and poetry, O'Brien and Waits have crafted a work in the spirit of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, in which James Agee's text and Walker Evans's photographs were "coequal, mutually independent, and fully collaborative" elements. Letting words and images communicate on their own terms, rather than merely illustrate each other, Hard Ground transcends documentary and presents independent, yet powerfully complementary views of the trials of homelessness and the resilience of people who survive on the streets.
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
029272649x
ISBN-13
9780292726499
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038695833
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hard Ground
Number of Pages
184 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, Poverty & Homelessness, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Photography, Travel, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
50 Oz
Item Length
11.8 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
". . .this is a powerful book. . ." Guardian 10 June 2011 "Other collections of lost souls (Richard Avedon's In the American West comes to mind) are different. . . . We meet O'Brien's people one on one. Their 'otherness' is removed. The photographs engender compassion and empathy. If that sounds simple, it is because it is simple. And, as you know, being simple is very, very difficult. Hard Ground is a rare and powerful book." JOHN LOENGARD Life magazine photographer and picture editor, and one of American Photo magazine's "100 most influential people in photography" "If I can think of a book to relate to this one, it would be James Agee and Walker Evans's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. That book was photographed in 1936--during the Great Depression--and published in 1941. It had an enormous influence--and still does--on the way photography and writing can work together as a catalyst for social change. . . . I think Hard Ground has this potential." MARY ELLEN MARK internationally renowned photographer and author of sixteen books, including Seen Behind the Scene, Exposure, and Twins, "Other collections of lost souls (Richard Avedon's In the American West comes to mind) are different. . . . We meet O'Brien's people one on one. Their 'otherness' is removed. The photographs engender compassion and empathy. If that sounds simple, it is because it is simple. And, As you know, being simple is very, very difficult. Hard Ground is a rare and powerful book." JOHN LOENGARD Life magazine photographer and picture editor, and one of American Photo magazine's "100 most influential people in photography""If I can think of a book to relate to this one, it would be James Agee and Walker Evans's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men . That book was photographed in 1936-during the Great Depression-and published in 1941. it had an enormous influence-and still does-on the way photography and writing can work together as a catalyst for social change. . . . I think Hard Ground has this potential." MARY ELLEN MARK internationally renowned photographer and author of sixteen books, including Seen Behind the Scene , Exposure , and Twins
Lccn
2010-038521
Photographed by
O'brien, Michael
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
362.50973
Lc Classification Number
Hv4505.O25 2011
Copyright Date
2011
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