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04079aam a22004338i 4500 001 EA45900A084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 230402s2024 nyuac b 001 0deng 010 $a 2023001435 020 $a 0593580133 020 $a 9780593580134 020 $a 0593580125 020 $a 9780593580127 035 $a (OCoLC)1380385738 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SFR $d GZD $d IVJ $d BKL $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a TR681 A75 L44 2024 100 1 $a Lee, Corky, $d 1947-2021, $e photographer. 245 10 $a Corky Lee's Asian America : $b fifty years of photographic justice / $c photographs by Corky Lee ; edited by Chee Wang Ng & Mae Ngai. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Clarkson Potter/Publishers, $c [2024] 300 $a 319 pages : $b illustrations (some color), portraits ; $c 27 cm 520 $a "A posthumous collection of over 200 breathtaking photographs that document the history and cultural impact of the Asian American social justice movement, through the lens of beloved photographer Corky Lee--the man who sought to change the world one photograph at a time Using his camera as his pen and sword, Corky Lee documented Asian American-Pacific Islander communities for fifty continuous years, breaking the stereotype of Asian Americans as docile, passive, and, above all, foreign to this country. Corky Lee's Asian America is a stunning retrospective of his life's work--a selection of the best photographs from his vast collection, including those he personally chose before he passed, from his start in New York's Chinatown to his coverage of diverse Asian American communities across the country. The pages in this book unfold Lee's decades-long quest for photographic justice, tracking AAPI social movements for recognition and rights alongside Corky's artistic development as a social photographer and activist. Iconic photographs of protests against police brutality in New York in the 1970s, a Sikh man draped in an American flag post-9/11, and a reenactment of the completion of the transcontinental railroad featuring descendants of Chinese railroad workers, live side by side with photos of New York's Chinatown from the inside--a child sitting on a tenement fire escape, a Chinese woman driving her taxi, an opera singer sitting on a park bench adjusting her hair, a package of laundry, waiting to be picked up. Asian American writers, artists, activists, and friends of Lee--including a foreword from writer Hua Hsu and essays from filmmaker ReneÌe Tajima-PenÌa, writer Helen Zia, historians Gordon Chang and Vivek Bald, playwright David Henry Hwang, and TK--provide rich historical and cultural context to the photographs, while reflecting on their relationships to Lee. Corky Lee's Asian America represents Lee's mission to write a history of inclusion, resistance, ethnic pride, and patriotism. This is a remarkable documentary collection of that history in the moments of its making, but it's also a history that we continue to make"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Foreword / Hua Hsu -- Introduction / John J. Lee, Chee Chee Wang Ng, and Mae Ngai -- An ABC from NYC / Mae Ngai -- Birth of the movement : the 1970s -- Empowerment : the 1980s and 1990s -- Resilience : the 2000s and 2010s. 650 0 $a Asian Americans $x Politics and government. 650 0 $a Asian Americans $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Social movements $z United States. 600 10 $a Lee, Corky, $d 1947-2021. 650 0 $a Portrait photography. 700 1 $a Ng, Chee Wang, $e editor. 700 1 $a Ngai, Mae M., $e contributor. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Lee, Corky, 1947-2021. $t Corky Lee's Asian America $d New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2024] $z 9780593580134 $w (DLC) 2023001436 941 $a 2 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240604014252.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013824.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA45900A084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search