The Darkness and the Light, Photographs by Doris Ulmann

The Darkness and the Light, Photographs by Doris Ulmann

Jane Byers Bierhorst, Millerton, New York, 1974

Description

In photographing the black people from the Lang Syne Plantation in South Carolina, Doris Ulmann documents her respect for life lived close to the soil, for a people confronting the forces of nature and the supernatural with fortitude, human warmth and community. The text, A New Heaven and a New Earth, was specially written for this volume by Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Coles.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1975)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Jane Byers Bierhorst
Photographer
Doris Ulmann
Production manager
Steven Baron
Authors
William Clift (preface), Robert Coles (text)
Size
9 x 10.5 inches
Pages
122
Quantity printed
edition of 15,000
Price
$12.50
Typeface
Linotype Palatino, 10/14 with display in foundry Palatino
Typesetter
American Can Company, Printing Division
Printer
A. Colish, Inc.
Printing method
sheet-fed offset, duotone
Paper
Caress (Monadnock), 80 lb., Natural White
Paper supplies
Allan & Gray Corporation
Binder
Sendor Bindery, Inc.
Binding materials
bound in Joanna Kennett Brown on 110 pt. binder’s board
Binding method
Smyth sewn, square back
Endpapers
plain in text stock
Publisher
Aperture, Inc.
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