Jerry Berndt: Beautiful America

Name: Jerry Berndt: Beautiful America
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Jerry Berndt: Beautiful America captures a transformative era in American history from 1968 to 1980 through the eyes of photographer Jerry Berndt. Combining photojournalism, documentary, conceptual, and street photography, Berndt offers an incisive look at social and political unrest, urban life, and cultural expression across diverse American communities, from middle-class neighbourhoods to overlooked ghettos. His work reveals the complex and often uneasy transitions shaping America's social fabric and urban landscape during this pivotal period.
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Ideal for readers interested in photographic arts, American social history, political activism, and cultural studies, this book appeals to those seeking a profound, visual exploration of a turbulent era. It suits art lovers and history enthusiasts eager to understand America's layered urban and social landscapes through a unique photographic perspective.

The author documented the period between 1968 and 1980 in America like no other photographer. This book visualizes an important, uneasy period of transition in America's recent history, and highlights the literal and ironic aspects of its "beauty."

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Jerry Berndt: Beautiful America captures a pivotal period in American history through the lens of esteemed photographer Jerry Berndt, who documented the years between 1968 and 1980 like no other. Personally involved in the anti-Vietnam War activities of the 1960s, Berndt's work marries photojournalism with documentary, conceptual, and street photography to provide a unique perspective on America's social constitution during these transformative years.

Berndt consistently immersed himself in political conflict, systematically portraying a broad spectrum of America's people and cityscapes. His subjects include not just the middle and working classes, but also the often overlooked inhabitants of America's ghettos. His work from this era reveals how Americans expressed themselves both culturally and socially, while also uncovering the foundations of America's evolving urban landscape.

This book visualises a significant and uneasy period of transition in America's recent past, highlighting both the literal and ironic aspects of its "beauty."

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Critics highlight the book's powerful portrayal of America's contradictions and complexities. It is praised for its gritty, ironic portraits that expose layers of social and historical tension, as noted by Peter Kougias of Musee. Roxane Gay commends the book's beauty and the underrecognised brilliance of its author. Though not always easily categorised, Beautiful America is seen as a deeply compelling visual narrative of American society.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783869308982

Publisher: Steidl Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 November 2018

Country: Germany

Imprint: Steidl Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and duotone throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 192.0mm

Weight: 940g

Pages: 216

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About the Author

Jerry Berndt, born in 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, worked as a photographer for over forty years, employed by newspapers and magazines including the Boston Globe, the New York Times, Newsweek and Paris Match. His work as a photojournalist took him to numerous conflict areas such as San Salvador (1984), Haiti (1986-91), Armenia (1993-94) and Rwanda (2003-04). Berndt taught at Boston University's College of Fine Art and at the University of Massachusetts, and his work is held by prominent institutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. In 2008, Berndt was honored by a retrospective in Braunschweig and Berlin, for which Steidl published Insight. Berndt died in Paris in 2013.