{"product_id":"secret-summer-book-1","title":"Secret Summer Book #1","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eI think of Bey’s work as a nod to the nod—a gesture of grace and familiarity, made from a respectful distance. His subjects know it when they see it.\u003c\/strong\u003e” – \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eIn the seemingly simple gesture of photographing Black subjects in everyday life, [Bey] helped to introduce Blackness in the context of fine art long before it was trendy, or even accepted.\u003c\/strong\u003e” – \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eDawoud Bey has critically reimagined photography’s social and political potential... through his collaborative portraits of under- and misrepresented communities.\u003c\/strong\u003e” – \u003cem\u003eArtforum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eThese portraits attest to the power of ‘the Black gaze’ – how Blackfolk’s eye-to-eye looking-back game can meet any righteous or even reckless eyeballing judgment the world might bring with an equal and opposing optical Super-Kryptonian heat-visioned (and haute-visioned) force\u003c\/strong\u003e“ – Greg Tate, in Street Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom 1988 to 1991 Dawoud Bey made a series of portraits of African Americans in the streets of various American cities. Using a large format tripod mounted camera and a unique positive\/negative Polaroid film that created both an instant print and a reusable negative, he asked a cross section of the populations of these communities to pose for him, creating a space of self presentation and performance in the streets of the urban environment. As part of every encounter, Bey gave each person a small black-and-white Polaroid print for themselves as a way of reciprocating and returning something to the people who had allowed him to make their portrait. Defying racial stereotypes, the resulting portraits reveal the Black subjects in all of their psychologically rich complexity, presenting themselves openly and intimately to the camera, the viewer, and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIncludes an essay by Greg Tate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmbossed hardback with two tip-ins\u003cbr\u003e24 x 28.5cm, 120 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1-913620-10-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApril 2021\u003cbr\u003e€45 £40 $55\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SIGNED EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe signed edition includes a slip signed by the artist and bound into the inside back cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0035\/7439\/9040\/files\/Street_Portraits_28_copy_b412c199-ee74-49ec-924e-caca165a29c4_600x600.jpg?v=1618320874\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLOOK INSIDE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/64nYMgZ6gSQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MACK","offers":[{"title":"Unsigned","offer_id":39391137988796,"sku":"SSB #1","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed","offer_id":39391138021564,"sku":"SSB #1 - SIGNED","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/5950\/4572\/files\/1_0d004ed1-949d-402a-a24a-1e92b6dfaccd.jpg?v=1794499120","url":"https:\/\/www.mackbooks.us\/products\/secret-summer-book-1","provider":"MACK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}