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A Fearless Eye: The Photography of Barbara Ramos
San Francisco and California, 1969–1971
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A captivating volume that transports us onto the San Francisco streets of the 1970s through the black-and-white images of a previously unknown master of 20th-century photography, Barbara Ramos. Unearthed fifty years after they were originally taken, Ramos's photographs offer up stirring scenes from everyday life—a group...
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A captivating volume that transports us onto the San Francisco streets of the 1970s through the black-and-white images ofa previously unknown master of 20th-century photography, Barbara Ramos.
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A captivating volume that transports us onto the San Francisco streets of the 1970s through the black-and-white images of a previously unknown master of 20th-century photography, Barbara Ramos.
Unearthed fifty years after they were originally taken, Ramos's photographs offer up stirring scenes from everyday life—a group of Hari Krishnas sing on Market Street, a window dresser changes a mannequin at the Union Square Macy’s, two men lean in for a kiss at a peace rally in Golden Gate Park. A Fearless Eye brings Ramos's images to print for the very first time, introducing audiences to a photographer whose work belongs alongside that of Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, and Vivian Maier.
Featuring a preface by award-winning novelist and essayist Rachel Kushner, an essay by photography historian Sally Stein, and an interview with Ramos by photographer and writer Stephen A. Heller, this enthralling street photography book is a fascinating time capsule of a bygone moment in California history.
Perfect for:
- Lovers of vintage, historical, and street photography
- San Francisco residents, visitors, and armchair historians
- Museum-goers and fans of such renowned American photographers as Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier, and Robert Frank
- Fans of Barbara Ramos's unconventional story and unparalleled work
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781797230023
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 March 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Chronicle Books
Contributors:
- Edited by Sally Stein
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 241.0mm
Height: 267.0mm
Weight: 337g
Pages: 96
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About the Author
Barbara Ramos is a photographer who was born in New York City and moved to Los Angeles with her family at the age of six. She received a BFA in photography at the San Francisco Art Institute and a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Creative Arts from San Francisco State in 1973. She photographed avidly in the 1970s but switched careers to start a handcrafted jewelry business and raise a family, packing away her negatives and taking a nearly fifty-year hiatus from the medium. Her work was rediscovered and digitized during the pandemic, gaining acclaim online and in the fine arts space. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Joe Ramos.
Rachel Kushner is the bestselling author of The Mayor of Leipzig, The Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, Telex from Cuba, The Strange Case of Rachel K, and The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020. She lives in Los Angeles.
Sally Stein, Professor Emerita, Department of Art History, UC Irvine, is an independent scholar based in Los Angeles who continues to research and write about 20th-century photography in the US and its relation to broader questions of culture and society.
Steven A. Heller is a photographer, educator, and writer who resides in Los Angeles. A contributing writer for over a decade to Black & White, the quarterly fine art photography magazine, Heller has profiled numerous photographers and creative professionals with intimacy and elegance—including writing the first published piece on the life and work of Barbara Ramos.
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