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Tulsa Paperback – November 30, 2000

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When it first appeared in 1971, Larry Clark's groundbreaking book Tulsa sparked immediate controversy across the nation. Its graphic depictions of sex, violence, and drug abuse in the youth culture of Oklahoma were acclaimed by critics for stripping bare the myth that Middle America had been immune to the social convulsions that rocked America in the 1960s. The raw, haunting images taken in 1963, 1968, and 1971 document a youth culture progressively overwhelmed by self-destruction -- and are as moving and disturbing today as when they first appeared. Originally published in a limited paperback version and republished in 1983 as a limited hardcover edition commissioned by the author, rare-book dealers sell copies of this book for more than a thousand dollars. Now in both hardcover and paperback editions from Grove Press, this seminal work of photographic art and social history is once again available to the general public.

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November 30, 2000
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0802137482
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"Staggering, poignant, raw, compassionate, and utterly honest . . . Tulsa is a major work, almost too good . . . to be true. . . . It is an intense, visceral, wrenching statement."

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press; Second edition (November 30, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802137482
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802137487
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.8 x 0.2 x 11.7 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #383,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #26 in Nude Photography
- #172 in Photo Essays (Books)
- #211 in Children's Studies Social Science (Books)

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Flapjack McQuack

Came in excellent condition, and quickly.

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023

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Ordered two copies: one to keep and one to gift. Both were in almost new condition and arrived on time.

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Maggie Rubenfeld

I get it, I just don’t like it.

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2023

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It’s not that his work is too complicated and gritty for me to get, I just don’t think it’s great and think this guy has been way overhyped for ages now. For reference I have an art degree, and I grew up in the mean streets of a big city and around people like this. I’ve lived it. I get it. But as far as the actual merit for these photos and his art in general? Nan Goldin does it way better.

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Krukowski

Sad photos of people I knew

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2019

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I knew David Roper and Bobby Dean Morris in the early 70’s. I didn’t know about them shooting up. I wonder if they are still alive. David was a very handsome man. I didn’t know much about him except he hung out with other people I knew. Bobby Dean was always nice around me. I never saw the wilder side of him. He had some beautiful Harleys, a three wheeler and beautiful old cars he had redone. We use to ride around on his three wheeler Harley. I wish the photographer would have put the names with the other photos. I only knew two of them.

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Boris Alexander Hurtado Ochoa

Just raw and beautiful

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2022

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Really beautiful portrait of decaying lives. I sticks to your head and heart. Really honest photography.

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Grain O Sand

Not for the faint of heart.

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2010

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A very disturbing series of photographs that tells an interesting story of depraved behavior. I enjoyed the selection of photos that I saw at the Denver art museum so I ordered the whole book. I thought I knew what I was in for but some of the photos are still hard for me to look at. While there are a lot of photos that are just plain creepy there are some that are also just plain interesting and even clever. I'm glad I bought it, but I sure don't leaf through it everyday.

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William Lafayette

Glad this was reissued.

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2020

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I love Larry Clark's work, as a photographer and a filmmaker. His work captures that raw, real sexuality. His work is both beautiful and obscene, it can be polarizing, but thought provoking.

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Jordan

“Once the needle goes in it never comes out.”

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2018

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I’m not much of a student of photography, but I found the images in this book extremely moving, almost hurtful and definitely sad. I have a few other books of late 20th century photos, and none seem to have the power that this slim volume does.

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Great condition

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2021

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Marco

Il vero reportage di fotografia.

Reviewed in Italy on May 30, 2023

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Uno spaccato atroce, raccontato duramente e senza ipocrisia. Il crollo del mito americano.

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gino

Edizione molto economica

Reviewed in Italy on October 16, 2022

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Edizione molto economica, la cosa peggiore è la copertina in cartoncino piuttosto fino (intorno ai 200 g. secondo me). Le pagine interne sono patinate opache ma di qualità base. É un’edizione che non rende giustizia al progetto. Costa poco ma vale anche poco. É un prodotto di nicchia per appassionati di fotografia che a queste cose ci stanno piuttosto attenti.

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Luca Rossini

libro da avere in libreria se si è appassionati di fotografia

Reviewed in Italy on October 25, 2021

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Tulsa è uno di quei 20-30 libri di fotografia da avere, se si è appassionati. Larry Clark con Tulsa apre un filone, ispira una generazione, instaura un nuovo modo di intendere, catturare e presentare la figura umana. L'edizione è curata, le foto ben stampate. La copertina poteva essere di migliore qualità ed il libro di maggiori dimensioni, ma per il prezzo direi che ci siamo.

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Essencial para quem coleciona fotolivros.

Reviewed in Brazil on January 26, 2018

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Larry Clark ficou famoso no mundo por seus filmes ficcionais sobre o universo junkie dos jovens, principalmente Kids (que fala sobre a AIDS). Mas antes de tornar-se cineasta, foi um fotógrafo influente que retratava de maneira crua, mas poética, o mesmo universo de seus filmes. Em Tulsa, ele mostra um grupo de jovens do qual ele fazia parte da cidade que dá nome ao livro Tulsa, e que utilizavam diversas drogas (principalmente heroína). Larry mostra o uso da droga, suas consequências, o estilo de vida desses jovens e etc. É um livro muito relevante na história da fotografia documental e influenciou fotógrafos de sua época e muitos que vieram depois pela sua crônica e estética visual única e inovadora para a época. A edição é precisa e chocou o mercado editorial na época de seu lançamento. A impressão do livro é muito boa, o único adendo fica para o material da capa, que é bastante sensível ao toque (toda vez que você segura o livro, fica a marca da sua mão nele...o que, convenhamos, não é nada demais perto dos outros inúmeros atributos do livro).

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Dan Merry

Puissant et intemporel

Reviewed in France on August 4, 2021

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Malgré les années ce livre a gardé la puissance de ses premiers jours, c'est un journal qui documente la vie d'un groupe de jeunes adultes, ou plutôt leurs décrépitudes, drogue, sexe et rock'n'roll, on comprends mieux le sens des films de ce photographe-réalisateur qu'il deviendra. Un grand classique de la photographie.

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