In his interview, Luis Rodríguez explains that the demonization and false glorification of gang life has done much disservice to the termination of gang activity, activity which he defines as "90% boredom." What's the key to reducing gang violence and improving inner-city lives? To the dissolution of jail time as a right of passage? Part of the solution lies in providing better education, in teachers able to tap into and help direct the overlooked creativity of inner-city communities. A great responsibility lies, as well, in a national understanding and support for communities bound by poverty, and in encouraging people to work together to help people work for themselves.

East Side Stories: Gang Life in East LA

Politics & Social Sciences

Rodríguez, Luis J.

Martínez, Rubén

Rodriguez, Joseph

Social Sciences

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Temple of Confessions: Mexican Beasts and Living Santos

Arts & Photography

Gómez-Peña, Guillermo

History & Criticism

Muscles and sweat. Hope and fear. Determination. Exhilaration. Desperation. Larry Fink's crisp images capture the drama in and out of the ring, and they pack a wallop. They also present a powerful argument for the superiority of black-and-white photography over color, which would have weakened their impact considerably. You don't have to be a fan of this brutal sport to appreciate Fink's artistry. Award-winning sportswriter Bert Sugar's essay on the history of boxing is a nice complement to the illustrations.

Boxing

Sports & Outdoors

FINK, Larry

Individual Sports

Collaborative original artworks by Katz and Tabboo! in an edition of fifteen unique pieces inspired by the book.

Pearl (Collector's Edition)

Katz, Vincent

Tabboo

Photography & Video

Soul

At times Thierry Le Goues appears to be more of a sculptor than  a photographer. His photographs of female nudes seem to depict figures  more chiseled from stone than made of flesh and blood. Some images echo  the streamlined, abstract human forms of sculptor Constantin Brancusi.  In other shots, the stark contrast of light on the models' dark skin  makes them appear like graceful, futuristic automatons. Le Goues, a  fashion photographer by trade, began taking and collecting the photos  for this book in order to expose the beauty of black women, whom he  feels are underrepresented in the world of high-fashion modeling. Of  the finished collection, he says: "Soul is an homage to my  medium, which is the models who are my inspiration." To create his  inimitable signature portraits, Le Goues covers his models--women such  as Naomi Campbell and Iman--in greasepaint and poses them against  stark, vacant backgrounds to heighten the sculptural elements of their  forms. The resulting photographs are sensual, stirring, and beautiful  works of art.

Le Gouès, Thierry

Webb, Veronica

Lipper's highly sought-after and out-of-print GRAPEVINE is available now as a slipcased limited edition with a signed and numbered silver-gelatin photograph measuring eleven by eleven inches; only a few of either image remain.

Grapevine

Runway

A rare collection of color, full-body portraits of the famed Japanese stage performer Usio Amagatsu. The portraits take on monumental proportions in the form of fourteen expansive gatefolds, some opening to over six feet long. Amagatsu is housed in a hand-made diecut slipcase and has a beautifully deluxe linen cover.

Amagatsu

Ueda, Yoshihiko

Sold out in its regular clothbound edition, the limited edition of X-RAY contains a book signed by the artist and housed in a very special slipcase designed just for the edition by Sam Shahid and Francois Nars. Only a few remain.

X-Ray: Signed, Limited

Nars, Francois

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