Dorchester Days de Eugene Richards - 2000

London: Phaidon, 2000. 1st thus. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 108 pages. First trade edition of a book originally self-published in a small edition in 1978. A b&w photo essay on Richards' hometown of Dorchester, Massachussetts. With a new afterword by the photographer. In addition to including all the original photographs and text, this expanded edition includes pictures Richards took of the racial strife in nearby South Boston in the 1970`s as well as additional text. Record # 800012

Phaidon Press, October 2000. Oversized Hardcover . Very Good/Good. The original Dorchester Days is a classic self-published edition, chronicling life in Eugene Richards' home town of Dorchester, Massachusetts in the 1970s. Although all the photographs are taken within a few streets of each other, the book represents a snapshot of small town America in the 1970s, and as such has a far more wide-reaching resonance. Racial tension, violence, poverty and crime: it is a powerful portrayal of a town and a nation in a state of transition and decline. In this new edition Richards re-orders and expands the book from the original edition, tackling subjects such as racism and the Ku Klux Klan head-on in a way that he did not feel able at the time of the original publication. A bit of wear to jacket, but book is in near fine condition.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.