Picturing Frederick Douglass
An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American
Description
A landmark and collectible duotone volume, that now canonises Frederick Douglass through historic photography.
Frederick Douglass’s fiery speeches made him one of the most renowned and popular agitators of his age. Now, as a result of ground-breaking research, we can reclaim the ex-slave and abolitionist as a pioneer in photography, both as a subject and as a theorist. Included here are 160 photographs of Douglass—many which have never been publicly seen—combined with previously unpublished writings and speeches on visual aesthetics. The result transforms our understanding of photography and its place in the life and legacy of Douglass.
Also By: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Solomon Northup, Kevin M. Burke, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
First Edition, E Book, 2021
This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup’s harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s introduction and detailed explanatory...
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Maria Tatar
Hardback, 2017
Collected for the first time, these African American folktales reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature.
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Maria Tatar
E Book, 2017
Collected for the first time, these African American folktales reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature.
Solomon Northup, Kevin M. Burke, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
First Edition, Paperback, 2017
This Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup’s harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s introduction and detailed explanatory...
Jean Toomer, Rudolph P. Byrd, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
New Edition, Paperback, 2011
“A breakthrough in prose and poetical writing. . . . This book should be on all readers’ and writers’ desks and in their minds.”—Maya Angelou