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Bernie Boston: American Photojournalist

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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.

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