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Oct 2014 back issue
by Jean-Pierre Laffont
published by Glitterati Incorporated
The 359 photographs that make up this first book by renowned photojournalist Jean-Pierre Laffont serve as a powerful
and provocative examination of the Americsan dream.
For nearly three decades, Laaffont travelled the breadth of the United States, a true embodiment of American freedom.
Documenting the country in all its facets – from national crises and unsightly social injustices to heartfelt protest and
solidarity, the photohgrapher took full advantage of the access granted to him by the world’s greatest democracy.
Never working on assignment, Laffont chased stories of his own volition with a lens that was at once compassionate,
humanistic and unflinching. Taken together, these pages tell the story of the chaotic, often painful birth of 21st century
America – a place where a black president, gay marriage and women executives have become the new norm.
Photographer’s Paradise reminds us of the power of the freedom of speech, as Laffont speaks truth to power through
his camera lens.
NYC 42nd St. Prostitute on police car.
World Trade Centre homeless.
Tomb Prison. Hands from behind the bars.
Black ghetto Bronx kid walking on car.
Savage Skulls playing fights on the sidewalk.
Transvestite couple on the fire escape.
Power Ridge. Naked man with US flag.
Arkansas Prison trustee on horse with inmates.
Bob Kennedy reaching hand over car.
Watkins Glen July 73. Couple kissing in the crowd.
Kent demonstration. Naked man inside Reflecting Pool.
Apollo XI launch crowd below US Flag.
Statue of Liberty held hostage. Upside down US Flag.
Printing Dollars. Man with pile of 10 dollar bills.
Watergate Nixon leaving the White House by helicopter.
Ali vs Frazier. Ali pointing his finger.
Ku Klux Klan at night around cross on fire.
by Jean-Pierre Laffont
published by Glitterati Incorporated
