Erscheint: September 2026

820 Ebony/Jet

Visions of the Johnson Publishing Company, an American Icon

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Barbara Karant

Verlag:

Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35103265

EAN: 9781969303043

Erscheint: September 2026

Versand: Kostenlos

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CHF 77.50

Beschreibung

Residual textures, patterns and structures of the abandoned Ebony. and Jet. offices represent both the spirit of a Black publishing empire and the sense of its loss. This book by photographer Barbara Karant commemorates the Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of the iconic Ebony. and Jet. magazines and the most influential Black-owned media corporation of its day. Karant spent more than three years documenting the company's historic building at 820 S. Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, capturing the last vestiges of the original workspace after the company sold the building in 2010 and relocated in 2012. These vibrant interiors, which remained largely unchanged from 1972 to 2012, fostered the creativity of a staff working in a variety of media. Each floor of the 11-story building flaunted distinct color and pattern combinations, and its bold, contemporary design telegraphed JPC's position at the forefront of Black American business and culture. Stripped of its furnishings, the interiors of the former JPC headquarters simultaneously represent the spirit of this landmark company and the sense of its loss, of a seminal moment in Black American history and the history of this nation. Accompanying the approximately 125 color photographs by Karant are documentary images of the original interiors, along with other archival material. A foreword by Deborah Willis and essays by Aaron Bryant, Cheryl Finley, Carla Williams, Jon Ott, Brenna Wynn Greer, and E. James West address JPC's dominance as an image and tastemaker in mid- to late-20th century America, the landscape of American Black media, the Ebony. in-house photo studio, and the site-specific lobby sculpture by Richard Hunt. Short texts by former employees who worked in the building contribute important documentation to JPC's history. 820 Ebony/Jet. is a tribute to the achievements of this remarkable American company.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Barbara Karant

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Format

Buch (Hardcover)

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