Bernie Boston: American Photojournalist [Paperback]

Therese Mulligan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2006

As staff photographer and later White House news photographer, Bernie Boston chronicled the civil dissension and strife of the 1960s, prompted by the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam war movements; the hermetic, inner sanctum of the White House and its Presidential residents; and history-making newsmakers, scandals, conflicts, and triumphs. He possesses a trained instinct for arresting a heightened moment drawn from unfolding human experience; an instinct that bores into the very essence of a specific time and place, as seen in the signature and iconic work of this exhibition Flower Power, a second-place Pulitzer Prize award-winner in 1967. A witness to our times, Boston is recognized as one of the United States most consummate photojournalists. This book is the first to document his career.

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About the Author

Therese Mulligan is professor and coordinator of the MFA program at Rochester Institute of Technology, as well as director of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Gallery. She worked previously for eight years as the Curator of Photography at George Eastman House, and has worked extensively as an author, editor, and speaker in the fields of traditional and contemporary photographic history and aesthetics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (October 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933360194
• ISBN-13: 978-1933360195
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,258,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Art of News Photography, January 2, 2007

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Colinda "L.S.W." (Historic Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a slim volume with only a brief text. Fortunately, the photographs are excellent. Bernie Boston uses composition and light to emphasize his subjects, and symbolism is used effectively in some of the images. His subjects shown here included key American people and events of the final decades of the 20th century. His best-known pictures, Flower Power and Corretta Scott King at the Unveiling of her Husband's Bust in the Rotunda, are included, as are photos of Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton. There's a section on his images of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960's, plus a variety of other news photographs from the 1970's and 80's.

Many readers will appreciate the walk through recent history provided in this book. Photographers will admire Boston's skill with a camera. Highly recommended for photography students.

5.0 out of 5 stars Bernie was the greatest, January 22, 2008

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Maura Nahe "True Review" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bernie Boston: American Photojournalist (Paperback)

Bernie passed away today, January 22, 2008. He touched young and old alike and helped launch many a photographer along the way. He will always be remembered for kidding with Presidents, his kindness, friendship, always having a joke and a smile, a Leica around his neck and those boots.
God Bless ya Bernie