Google Books now has every issue of Jet magazine uploaded for your perusal and pleasure. Here it is, a document of how Black people have seen ourselves---our music, our fashion, our trials, our triumphs---for the past half century. It will be fascinating, I'm sure, to make comparisons between what has changed and what has (for better or worse) remained the same.
I am eternally grateful to the Liberator Magazine family for pointing this out first.
Of Interest:
More on Jet magazine
More on John H. Johnson
Mad Men shout-out
© Paul Octavious
I'm in love with Paul Octavious' Same Hill, Different Day series. Check out more of his work on his Flickr stream.
all photos © Jenny Baptiste
The love and enthusiasm she has for the people and places of Brooklyn emanates from every photo Jenny Baptiste shares on her blog. I first found out about Baptiste via Dodge and Burn a few months ago and have been a fan ever since.
© Liz Kuball
Liz Kuball is a photographer, blogger and now a 20x200 featured artist. Her writing and her photos remind me quite a bit of Joan Didion's essays and novels---straight forward, completely stripped of pretension, and still complex.
The above photo is my favorite from her California Vernacular series. Check it out and some of her other projects, and then go buy one of her prints. I'm fairly sure you won't regret it.
Liz Kuball is a photographer, blogger and now a 20x200 featured artist. Her writing and her photos remind me quite a bit of Joan Didion's essays and novels---straight forward, completely stripped of pretension, and still complex.
The above photo is my favorite from her California Vernacular series. Check it out and some of her other projects, and then go buy one of her prints. I'm fairly sure you won't regret it.
