{"product_id":"jack-london-photographer-9780820329673","title":"Jack London  Photographer","description":"\u003cp\u003eJack London (18761916) remains one of the most widely read American writers  known for his naturalist fiction  socialist novels and essays  journalism  and the many adventures that he shared with the world. London was also an accomplished photographer  producing nearly twelve thousand photographs during his lifetime. Jack London  Photographer  the first book devoted to Londons photography  reveals a vital dimension of his artistry  barely known until now.  Londons subjects included such peoples as the ragged homeless of Londons East End and the freezing refugees of the Russo-Japanese War  the latter photographed on assignment for the Hearst Syndicate. For Colliers magazine  London wrote his eyewitness account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and returned two weeks later with his camera to document a city in ruins but slowly recovering. During his voyage aboard the Snark  London produced humane images of the South Seas islanders that contrasted dramatically with the periods stereotypical portraits of indigenous peoples. In 1914 he documented the U.S. invasion of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolution. Although some of his images were used in newspaper and magazine stories and in his books The People of the Abyss and The Cruise of the Snark  the majority have remained unpublished until now.  The volumes more than two hundred photographs were printed from the original negatives in the California State Parks collection and from the original photographs in albums at the Huntington Library. They are reproduced here as duotones from silver gelatin prints. The general and chapter introductions place Londons photographs in the context of his writings and his times.  London lived during the first true mass-media era  when the use of photographic images ushered in a new way of covering the news. With his discerning eye  London recorded historical moments through the faces and bodies of the people who lived them  creating memorable portraits of individuals whose cultural differences pale beside their common humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646818082869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0820329673","price":36.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780820329673.jpg?v=1781678817","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/jack-london-photographer-9780820329673","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}