Eugene Richards (born 1944) is a documentary photographer known for his powerful, unflinching exploration of contemporary social issues from the early 1970s to the present. This beautiful book offers the first comprehensive, critical examination of Richards's lifetime achievements.
 
 
 
Reproduced in tritone and colour, the extraordinary images in this volume explore complex and controversial subjects, including racism, poverty, drug addiction, cancer, ageing, the effects of war and terrorism, and the erosion of rural America. The book's authors place Richards's work within the long photographic tradition that combines a personal artistic vision with documentary practice, following in the footsteps of W. Eugene Smith and Robert Frank.
 
 
 
Distributed for The Hall Family Foundation in association with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the George Eastman Museum.