The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 161689556X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Villet's projects.Grey Villet (1927–2000) was a celebrated, award-winning photojournalist for Life magazine. Barbara Villet is an author and journalist who was a photo editor at Life and collaborated on many of Mr. Throughout his career, he shot for publications in his native South Africa, England, and the United States, covering breaking news, sports, presidential politics, and entertainment, and documenting the midcentury conflicts
Life photographer Grey Villet spent a few weeks with them, two years before their case brought down the law." - The Guardian"Barbara Villet, Grey's wife and former Life journalist and editor, has done a masterly job of organizing these fine images and weaving a touching portrait of the Lovings. Demonstrating how photography does have the power to help change things, this is an intense depiction of a couple that altered history." - Black + White Phototography Magazine"The book offers an intimate look at their life at a particular moment, mid-way through the drama of their story." - Photo Distr
The Lovings presents Grey Villet's stunning photo-essay in its entirety for the first time and reveals with striking intensity and clarity the powerful bond of a couple that helped change history.Mildred, a woman of African American and Native American descent and Richard, a white man, were arrested in July 1958 for the crime of interracial marriage, prohibited under Virginia state law. The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait documents the extraordinary love story of Mildred and Richard Loving. Loving v. Virginia was the landmark US civil rights case that, in a unanimous decision, ultimately ended the prohibition of interracial marriage in 1967.. Exiled to Washington, DC, they fought to bring their case to the US Supreme Court. Knowledge of their struggle spread across the nation, and in the spring of 1965, the Life magazine photojournalist Villet spent a few weeks documenting the Lovings and their family and friends as they went about their lives in the midst of their trial
A story that should be viewed by all Stephanie Darrow Life is difficult without the ugliness of others getting in the mix. Two loving humans making the best out of their lives. Great book. Thank you.. "Very touching book" according to Raymond Bial. This is a very touching photo-essay about an interracial couple who love for each other truly overcame all odds.