Eugene Richards - The Dorchester Days |
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| Tuesday, 28 March 2006 23:05 |
 NYC - Hasted Hunt is pleased to announce Eugene Richards – The Dorchester Days, vintage black and white photographs from the 1970’s. April 13 – May 20, 2006. Eugene -Gene - Richards is arguably the most respected documentary photographer working today. The Dorchester Days was his first body of work, to bring him to national prominence. Initially self-published in the 70’s, the book was re-released in 2000 by Phaidon. This marks its 30th anniversary. The Dorchester Days is a portfolio of images Richards made after working in the South as a social worker and activist. It marked his return home to the Northeast and depicts his neighborhood with its cross section of young and old people, black and white, middle class and poor. The artist’s signature cropping and close up style is evident in the unsparing but tender look at the Massachusetts neighborhood in which he was raised.
 Richards is a photographer and filmmaker. He has produced signature advertising images, but he is undoubtedly best known for his reportage. He has published books (thirteen) and photo essays on such diverse topics as breast cancer, drug addiction, poverty, emergency medicine, pediatric HIV and AIDS, the meat packing industry, the plight of the world's mentally disabled, aging and death in America. Titles include The Fat Baby, Americans We, The Knife and Gun Club, and Cocaine Blue, Cocaine True. His work has appeared in countless publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, TIME, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Fortune, Mother Jones and LIFE. Among numerous honors, he has won the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and three National Endowment for the Arts grants, the Leica Medal of Excellence, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, the Olivier Rebbot Award twice, and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Journalism Award for coverage of the disadvantaged. His fellow photojournalist Don McCullin wrote: “(Gene is) so penetrating that even I sometimes can't look, because it's so painful. He brings tremendous pain into his vision, and he makes you very aware of what you're looking at. You don't need a second look with Eugene. He's a very penetrating photographer. He's very dedicated. And he's a master. He's a modest man, and doesn't reach out for acclaim.” Visit Hasted HuntClick on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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