Dorchester Days

Description:

"This is Eugene Richards' 1972 photographic essay, a social document of his home town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, previously only self-published. The book includes additional pictures and a text that speaks of racial tension, violence, poverty and crime, tackling such subjects as the Klu Klux Klan in a way that he did not feel able to at the time of the original publication. On the basis of "Dorchester Days", Richards became a member of Magnum Photos in 1978, leaving to work independently in 1994. His style has set the standard for leading photojournalists such as James Nachtwey and Gilles Peress."--Jacket.

subjects: Pictorial works,  Massachusetts, description and travel,  Massachusetts, social conditions,  Massachusetts, history, local,  Massachusetts, politics and government,  Photojournalism,  New York Times reviewed,  Social conditions,  Ethnic relations,  Documentary photography,  Artistic Photography

Places: Dorchester (Boston, Mass.),  Mass.) Dorchester (Boston