American Pictures: A personal journey through the American underclass [Signed]
- SIGNED
- Copenhagen: American Pictures Foundation, 1985
Copenhagen: American Pictures Foundation, 1985. Very Good/Very Good. Copenhagen: American Pictures Foundation, 1985. First American Edition. Signed by Holdt at title page with brief inscription. Large octavo; 304pp. Photographs throughout, mostly color. Photo-illustrated dust jacket; black cloth boards stamped in green. Dust jacket worn along edges with light chipping and creasing. Light wear to edges of boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good.
The product of five years criss-crossing America, often hitchhiking and staying with all strata of society, from migrant farmers to the Rockefellers, "American Pictures" fascinated Europeans, shocked at the stark class divisions Holdt spotlighted. The book even drew the attention of the KGB who wanted to publish the book to discredit President Jimmy Carter's Human Rights campaign, though Holdt eventually thwarted the KGB's propagandistic plans.
The product of five years criss-crossing America, often hitchhiking and staying with all strata of society, from migrant farmers to the Rockefellers, "American Pictures" fascinated Europeans, shocked at the stark class divisions Holdt spotlighted. The book even drew the attention of the KGB who wanted to publish the book to discredit President Jimmy Carter's Human Rights campaign, though Holdt eventually thwarted the KGB's propagandistic plans.