Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: University of Georgia Press; 1St Edition edition (September 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0820329673
ISBN-13: 978-0820329673
Product Dimensions: 10 x 1.1 x 11 inches
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Who knew? Well obviously some people did, because here in a splendid, large scale volume is the 'other aspect' of of legendary novelist Jack London (1876 - 1916): from the vaults of the Huntingon Library and the California State Parks Jeanne Reesman, Sara Hodson, and Philip Adam gathered these fascinating images, coupled them with some of London's writing that accompany the images, and added background information making this book an invaluable missing piece of art history mystery. The 200 some photographs have been 'restored' or reproduced by Philip Adam, an expert in historical photography, in duotones made from Adam's silver gelatin prints. As noted in the preface, 'the majority of the photographs were reproduced from original negatives and the others by copy negatives made from original photographs in London's photo albums at the Huntington Library, as well as collections of the California State Parks.'What this book contains then are many portraits of various figures from London's brief life (he died at age 40 of kidney failure), but even more interesting are the documentation of the jaunts he made to London, England where he sensitively photographed the poverty stricken homeless, the South Seas Islanders, the devastation that resulted from the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, scenes form the Mexican Revolution, and the victims of the Russo-Japanese War. As a photojournalist the quality of his informed inspection of sites such as this may make him one of the founders of modern photojournalism.
This excellent book provides the first comprehensive study of Jack London's work as a photographer. London, of course, is most famous as one of America's greatest authors, the writer of such celebrated works as The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf. Despite being an incredibly prolific author and a world wide celebrity, London also managed to take over 12,000 photographs during his all-too-brief lifetime. While that number may not seem outrageous by today's standards, a century ago when cameras were bulky and complex and photography was a difficult and labor intensive craft, that's quite an achievement. For all intents and purposes, London was a professional photojournalist, and this is the first book to treat him as such.Though London is most famous for his stories of the Klondike Gold Rush, unfortunately he did not carry a camera when he ventured up to Alaska and the Yukon. The photos in this book are divided into six chapters, each a photojournalistic journey. The first chapter contains pictures he took in the slums of the East End of London in 1903, while researching and writing The People of the Abyss. The second set of photos covers his period as a war correspondent in Korea in 1904, covering the Russo-Japanese War. Next there is a chapter on London's photos of the destruction caused by the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. This is followed by a long chapter devoted to photos taken while London and his wife Charmian attempted to sail around the world in their yacht, a journey immortalized in the book The Cruise of the Snark. This group of photos, taken in 1907 and 1908, depicts their travels in Hawaii, Tahiti, the Marquesas, and the Solomon Islands. In 1912, Mr. and Mrs.
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