Jasper Texas The Community Photographs Of Alonzo Jordan

Synopsis of Jasper Texas The Community Photographs Of Alonzo Jordan

«Jasper Texas: The Community Photographs of Alonzo Jordan» is a book of photographs by Alonzo Jordan, published by Steidl in hardback.

Community photographs by Alonzo Jordan, a barber turned visual chronicler of the African-American population of Jasper, Texas. His images depict everyday life, streets, cars and celebrations, reflecting shared values and identity; Alan Govenar frames them within his concept of the «community photographer».

Edition of 2011 with 133 photographic plates and bibliographic references; the work was originally published in 2010.

For those interested in documentary photography, African-American history in Texas and the visual memory of small towns in the southern United States.