“Joe Boyd [is] the Proust of music. The producer’s epic account of global music’s cross-pollination is an inspiring tale of seduction, expression and freedom from oppression" —@edvulliamy, @guardian
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"To be featured in Life, as a photographer, was to be elevated into the highest ranks of the photography world in an instant. This is what happened to Bud Lee."
But what was a dream commission turned into something that would haunt him for life.
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In a series of previously unpublished images by the photojournalist Bud Lee, the Newark riots of 1967—and the brutal police crackdown in response—haunt in full color. https://t.co/NsGZWoSNwT
"The unsettling notion that...Black pain has to be seen to be believed." @NewYorker on THE WAR IS HERE: NEWARK 1967. https://t.co/SKUeYe4s4Q @mziaadnan @BudLeePictMkr @ZE_Books
On this day in 1967, Life Magazine hit the newsstands, its cover a harrowing indictment of police actions during the the 1967 Newark Uprising.
For the remainder of his life, photographer Bud Lee was haunted by what he had witnessed and conflicted about his role in it all.
The new book "The War Is Here: Newark 1967" (ZE Books) looks back at this devastating chapter of American life through the work of Bud Lee, via @HUCKmagazine: https://t.co/Y0gQ6F1BrQ
"The creator of the first all-female openly queer rock band talks about her memoir and why the music scene wasn’t ready for her", Adele Bertei, author of TWIST, for the @guardian
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Tomorrow (Thursday): A rare chance to see icons @SandraBernhard and #AdeleBertei—at @strandbookstore! It promises to be a wide-ranging and delightfully uncensored conversation on life, art, books, and rock and roll. Join us! https://t.co/THYFxsof7l
@CoryBooker We regret that this event had to be cancelled are grateful for your support of The War is Here: Newark 1967 and Bud Lee’s work. Readers can find out more about the book here: https://t.co/L4eQjbI5Dx
"The Summer of 1967 lives in the DNA of our city—" @CoryBooker
Join us for the launch of THE WAR IS HERE: Newark 1967 — Life magazine photographer Bud Lee’s dramatic, empathetic, and still shocking record of the Newark uprising of 1967.
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Set your calendars to see two legendary badass women, @SandraBernhard and #AdeleBertei, in conversation at @strandbookstore on June 15!
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