EUGENE RICHARDS @ Bronx Documentary Center

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EUGENE RICHARDS @ Bronx Documentary Center

September 12th, 2016 by fstop

Caption: Boys sleep on the hood of a pickup truck on a hot summer day in Still House Hollow, Tennessee.Title: Still House Hollow, Tennessee, 1986

EUGENE RICHARDS: BELOW THE LINE: LIVING POOR IN AMERICA
OCTOBER 1 – NOVEMBER 6, 2016

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 6-9PM

It’s been almost thirty years since the publication of Eugene Richards’s landmark book, Below the Line: Living Poor in America. The book, though acclaimed at the time, was also controversial. Critics applauded the revealing nature of the stories, but often added, as if in the same breath, that what was being shown was a negative view of the country, one that lacked hope. Pushed to reply, Richards countered that these stories were, in fact, portraits in courage. Each person encountered on his journey across America was struggling, against great odds, to better him or herself.

Bronx Documentary Center
614 Courtlandt Avenue (@ 151st St.) Bronx, New York 10451

Location: Bronx, New York, United States Type: Exhibition

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